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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Harry W. Smith, IV, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter F. Coxeter, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan T. Mechak, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adam L. Nekimken, Stanford, CA (US);
Julio C. Quintero, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The described embodiments relate to a method for embedding one or more electrical components in a flexible substrate. The method includes receiving a substrate of a flexible material, wherein the substrate includes a cosmetic surface and an opposing surface. The method further includes applying a carrier form to the substrate to create a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier form includes one or more positive images representative a design to be transferred to the opposing surface of the substrate. The method further includes removing or cutting a portion of material from the opposing surface of the substrate to form a new opposing surface. Subsequently, the carrier form is removed from the substrate to reveal one or more embedding cavities extending into the substrate at the new opposing surface. In some embodiments, the embedding cavities can thereafter receive one or more electrical components.