Patents by Inventor David Bibl

David Bibl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230276163
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Publication number: 20200336818
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: 10681447
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Publication number: 20170230742
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: 9628890
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: 9154866
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Publication number: 20100315299
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Publication number: 20100316229
    Abstract: Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: David Bibl, Matthew Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: D835396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Hayes S. Raffle, Albert Lee, Eric Allan MacIntosh, Aviv Shoval, David Bibl, Carmela Guizar-Sanchez, Stuart Douglas, Sandeep Waraich, Michael Simonian, Darcy Grinolds, HongWei Zheng