Methods for manufacturing a textile article having conductive yarn and an integrated electronic device are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes receiving computer-readable instruction indicative of a knitting pattern of the textile article. Based on the instructions, a textile is formed by knitting conductive yarn and non-conductive yarn. A weld is applied at a junction where two or more conductive paths meet to create a bond between the two or more conductive paths.

An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is connected to the counterpart electrical connector. The electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having an annular portion; a first elastic member provided to the annular portion; and a second elastic member provided to the annular portion, wherein the first elastic member has a first region exposed on an inner surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a first member of the counterpart electrical connector, the second elastic member has a second region exposed on an outer surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a second member of the counterpart electrical connector, and the first elastic member and the first member are electrical contacts and/or the second elastic member and the second member are electrical contacts.

An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is to be attached to a cloth in which a conductive pattern is formed. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a boss portion provided on a surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the boss portion is inserted into the cloth; a connection terminal provided to the housing; and a conductive pad provided around the boss portion on the surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the conductive pad is electrically connected to the connection terminal. The conductive pad has a protrusion protruding in the same direction as the boss portion of the housing protrudes.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to electrode arrangements. In one example electrode arrangement, the arrangement includes an electrically conductive electrode, an electrically conductive thermoadhesive, and an electrode carrier. The electrode carrier is provided in the form of a flat material piece consisting of a textile or non-textile material. The electrode carrier is connected on one side to the electrically conductive electrode and the electrically conductive thermoadhesive being in contact with an opposite side of the electrode carrier. The electrode and the thermoadhesive are electrically conductively connected to form an electrical connection

A fabric-based item may include fabric layers and other layers of material. An array of electrical components may be mounted in the fabric-based item. The electrical components may be mounted to a support structure such as a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have a mesh shape formed from an array of openings. Serpentine flexible printed circuit segments may extend between the openings. The electrical components may be light-emitting diodes or other electrical devices. Polymer with light-scattering particles or other materials may cover the electrical components. The flexible printed circuit may be laminated between fabric layers or other layers of material in the fabric-based item.

A method of fabricating a conductive yarn comprising a plurality of filaments, the method comprising the steps of: (a) applying a reducing agent solution to the treated surface; and (b) applying a metal ion solution to the treated at least one of the lurality of filaments. The method comprising a further step of treating the surface of the at least one of the plurality of filaments with a hydrophilic agent before performing steps (a) and (b).

Printed wiring board manufacturing method, and printed wiring board. The method includes preparing sheet material including cloth-like material woven of reinforced fiber with a 90 degree between warp thread and a weft thread; arranging the sheet material on a cutting-out apparatus so that the sheet material is tilted 5 to 30 degrees with respect to threads configuring the cloth-like material and cutting a portion to cross the cloth-like-material configuration threads aligned on a cutting blade at 5 to 30 degrees; cutting the sheet material from the tilted sheet material with the cut portion crossing the cloth-like-material configuration threads aligned on the cutting blade to form the sheet material with a circumferential edge of the sheet material crossing the cloth-like material configuration threads at 5 to 30 degrees; creating a mother laminate configured with the sheet material as an inner-layer board or an insulating board; and providing a conductor pattern on a metal layer of the mother laminate along a circumferential edge portion of the mother laminate.

Electrical components may have plastic packages. Contacts may be formed on exterior surfaces of the plastic packages. A plastic package for an electrical component may have an elongated shape that extends along a longitudinal axis. A first groove may run parallel to the longitudinal axis on a lower surface of the plastic package. A second groove may run perpendicular to the first groove on an opposing upper surface of the plastic package. The electrical components may be coupled to fibers in a fabric such as a woven fabric. A first solder connection may be formed between the first groove and a first fiber such as a weft fiber. A second solder connection may be formed between the second groove and a second fiber such as a warp fiber.

A zipper-type circuit fabric and smart clothes composed thereof include a clothes body. The clothes body is made of waterproof conductive fabric body. The waterproof conductive fabric body includes a plurality of conductive wires and conductive contacts. Rectangular elongated conductive media and folded conductive media are arranged inside the conductive wires so that the conductive media are stable and ductile. The clothes body is further provided with a waterproof zipper body. The zipper teeth on the waterproof zipper body are all electrically connected to the conductive wires. When the zipper body is closed, a metal probe on a zipper tooth is placed into a connecting slot so that the left and right sides of the clothes body form a closed circuit. The clothes body can be connected to glove bodies and includes a plurality of flexible sensors internally.

The present invention provides a conductive fabric comprising base cloth and a conductive metallic circuit structure formed on the surface of the base cloth. The conductive metallic circuit structure comprises at least one metallic seed layer and at least one chemical-plating layer. The metallic seed layer is an evaporation-deposition layer or a sputter-deposition layer and has a circuit pattern. The chemical-plating layer is applied over the surface of the metallic seed layer. The conductive fabric has improved conductivity and heat generation efficiency.