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CTOnews.com, Oct. 21, according to a list released by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) this week, Apple has obtained a new technology patent to introduce fabric-based flexible speakers on items such as Apple Watch straps and clothing.

According to the patent description, the application of electronic devices is further expanded by embedding acoustic components (such as speakers) and light emitting components (such as screens and other components) in the fabric.

CTOnews.com attaches a design concept mentioned by Apple in its patent. This flexible loudspeaker consists of a fabric layer and a voice coil layer, which can be folded into any shape and can be constructed in unfolding, shrinking, bending, cylindrical and / or conical structures.

The voice coil layer is formed by a wire in the fabric or a printed trace on a flexible substrate. In either case, the voice coil can surround the magnetic member to form an electric field to drive the voice coil and make sound.

In addition to the voice coil layer, the electronic device may also include a light emitting element between the fabric layers, a sensor layer between the fabric layers, or any other desired input and output device layer that emits output or receives input through the fabric layer.

These other input and output device layers can also be flexible to maintain the overall flexibility, scalability, and compressibility of electronic devices. In one example, the device may include having a plurality of screens to display an image through a fabric layer.

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