Using woven fibers to increase tensile strength and for securing attachment mechanisms

US11518138B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Edward Siahaan · San Francisco, US
• Douglas J. Weber · Arcadia, US
• Hsiang Hung Chen · Taipei, TW
• Naoto Matsuyuki
• Yoji Hamada · Wakayama, JP
• Teodor Dabov · Mountain View, US
• Whitney D. Mattson · Cupertino, US
• Ying-Liang Su · Lo Wu, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24942
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed are directed to a woven fabric band that is capable of being secured to another object using threads or the band itself. The woven fabric band may include an inner layer having a first temperature melting point and an outer layer having a second temperature melting point that is higher than the first temperature melting point. When heat having the first temperature is applied to the woven fabric band, the inner layer of the woven fabric band melts while the outer layer remains in its original state. When the inner layer melts, the inner layer conforms to a first shape. As a result of the inner layer conforming to the first shape, the outer layer also conforms to the same shape.