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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Per Haakan Linus Persson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Claire Puginier, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bart K Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Geng Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Onur I Ilkorur, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kristen L Cretella, San Francisco, CA (US);

Megan A Mcclain, Napa, CA (US);

Benjamin A Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/073 (2021.05); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 9/025 (2013.01); B32B 9/047 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); B32B 2307/202 (2013.01); B32B 2307/208 (2013.01); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may include a speaker having fabric portions. The fabric-based speaker may have one or more fabric support layers on which other speaker components are disposed. In particular, the fabric-based speaker may include one or more conductive patterns and one or more magnetic structures. The one or more conductive patterns may be coupled to one or more fabric support layers and may receive electric signals that actuate the one or more fabric support layers in the presence of magnetic field created by the one or more magnetic structures to produce sounds waves.


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