# US 10,310,558 B2 · Apparatus and method for computing node and seat connection for conductive fabric > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,558 B2 - Document ID: US10310558B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/496,512 - Filed: 2017-04-25 - Published: 2018-10-25 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-25 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Eric Lewallen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310558B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/6804: {Garments; Clothes} - E04H 15/54: Covers of tents or canopies - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20) - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B 5/14542: {for measuring blood gases (A61B5/14551 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/4266: {sweat secretion} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to a fabric having one or more embedded wires, with the computer node integrated into the fabric that has a base conductive fabric and one or more system leads coupled to the base conductive fabric to electrically couple a computer node removably seated in the computer node seat with one or more embedded wires in the fabric, where the computer node seat has a thickness or a flexibility substantially similar to the fabric and is substantially flat. In other embodiments, the computer node may include a single housing or double housing and may attach to the computer node seat such that a portion of the computer node is disposed both above and below a plane of the computer node seat. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fabric article, comprising: a fabric having one or more embedded conductive wires; a computer node seat integrated into the fabric that includes: a base conductive fabric; and one or more system leads coupled to the base conductive fabric to electrically couple a computer node removably seated in the computer node seat with the one or more embedded wires in the fabric; and wherein the computer node seat has a thickness substantially similar to the thickness of the fabric, or a flexibility substantially similar to the flexibility of the fabric, and is substantially flat; wherein the computer node includes a housing, wherein a lower portion of the housing includes a male threading around surrounding the lower portion threading is a part of the housing; and wherein the male threading is to facilitate rotational insertion of the lower portion of the housing through a hole in the computer node seat to secure the housing to the computer node seat. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the computer node seat further includes a bonding material applied to a surface of the base conductive fabric to secure the computer node to the computer node seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the computer node seat is integrated into the fabric. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the computer node seat or the fabric includes a sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fabric article of claim 4, wherein the fabric article is a garment, and the sensor is to track activity or to monitor a body of a person wearing the garment having the computer node seat with a removably seated computer node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the base conductive fabric is stretchable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the base conductive fabric is a light fabric such as Lycra™. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the fabric article is a tent or an awning. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the fabric is stretchable material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the fabric is a light fabric such as Lycra™. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the housing has a first portion and a second portion that are detachable; and wherein the first portion is disposed on a first side of the computer node seat and the second portion is disposed on a second side of the computer node seat. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein the computer node is inductively charged. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The fabric article of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the computer node passes through a hole in the computer node seat when seated in the computer node seat. ### Claim 14 A computer node apparatus comprising: circuitry to process signals from one or more wires of a fabric; a housing surrounding the circuitry; and a contact on an outer surface of the housing electrically coupled to the circuitry; wherein when the computer node is removably seated in a computer node seat, the contact is electrically coupled to the one or more wires of the fabric and the housing is disposed both above and below a plane of the node seat; wherein a lower portion of the housing is to be disposed below the plane of the computer node seat; wherein threading is a part of further includes a male threading around surrounding the lower portion of the housing; and wherein the male threading is to facilitate rotational insertion of the lower portion of the enclosure housing below the plane of the fabric through a hole in the computer node seat to secure the housing to the node seat. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the housing has a first portion and a second portion that are detachable; and wherein the first portion is disposed on a first side of the computer node seat and the second portion is disposed on a second side of the computer node seat. ### Claim 16 A method comprising: electrically coupling a computing node seat and a fabric; mating a computing node with the computing node seat to physically secure and to electrically couple the computing node with the fabric, wherein the computing node includes a surrounded single housing, wherein threading is a part that includes a male threading around surrounding a lower the portion of the housing to facilitate rotational insertion of the lower portion of the housing below a plane of the fabric through a hole in the computing node seat to secure the computing node to the node seat. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein mating the computing node to the computing node seat further includes rotationally inserting the housing into the hole in the computing node seat.