Woven materials and methods of forming woven materials
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMotohide Hatanaka, Ying-Liang Su, Yoji Hamada
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMotohide Hatanaka, Ying-Liang Su, Yoji Hamada
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Woven material and altering the weave pattern of the woven material. The woven material may comprise a first portion comprising a weave pattern formed by a plurality of warp threads and at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads. The first portion may have a first thickness. The woven material may also comprise a locally thinned portion positioned adjacent the first portion. The locally thinned portion may comprise an altered weave pattern, which may comprise the plurality of warp threads positioned on a single side of the at least one weft thread, and/or the at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads in the locally thinned portion is separated by a first distance. The first distance may be greater than a second distance positioned between the at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads in the first portion.
A woven material comprising:
A method of forming a woven material, the method comprising:
A woven material comprising:
A wearable electronic device comprising:
A method of forming a wearable band assembly formed from a woven material, the method comprising:
A woven material forming at least two distinct wearable bands, the woven material comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.