Title:
A FABRIC INTERFACE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004107831
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
There is provided a flexible, lightweight high-performance electronic fabric interface (30) that can be integral with a wearable garment (60) and can cooperate with any of a variety of different wearable electronics (65) and the like without compromising the comfort and/or durability of the garment (60). The fabric interface is formed from a flexible fiber construction of one or more conductive fibers (10) and one or more non-conductive fibers (20), the non-conductive fibers including one or more fibers having elastomeric properties.
Inventors:
MARMAROPOULOS GEORGE (US)
MAMA JACK KYRIAKOS (GB)
VU GIANG TRUONG (US)
MAMA JACK KYRIAKOS (GB)
VU GIANG TRUONG (US)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2004/050818
Publication Date:
May 26, 2005
Filing Date:
June 01, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
MARMAROPOULOS GEORGE (US)
MAMA JACK KYRIAKOS (GB)
VU GIANG TRUONG (US)
MARMAROPOULOS GEORGE (US)
MAMA JACK KYRIAKOS (GB)
VU GIANG TRUONG (US)
International Classes:
D02G3/44; D03D15/56; H05K3/10; A41D1/00; (IPC1-7): D03D15/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2002075030A1 | 2002-09-26 |
Foreign References:
| US6381482B1 | 2002-04-30 | |||
| US6080690A | 2000-06-27 | |||
| US6210771B1 | 2001-04-03 | |||
| DE3332536A1 | 1985-03-28 | |||
| US3788365A | 1974-01-29 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 09 30 September 1996 (1996-09-30)
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