Patent ID: 11913143
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  B  H | IPC B  D  H

Claim 0:
1. Equipment for forming fabric having at least one conductive strand, the equipment comprising:
interlacing equipment that interlaces first strands and second strands to create a formed fabric;
control circuitry that controls the interlacing equipment to create a gap between first and second portions of the formed fabric; and
an insertion tool that:
aligns an electrical component with the at least one conductive strand; and
moves into the gap to position the electrical component in the gap after the electrical component is electrically coupled to the at least one conductive strand, wherein the control circuitry controls the interlacing equipment to continue interlacing the first strands and second strands after the insertion tool positions the electrical component in the gap.