iPhone FineWoven case

I led materials development and mechanical integration for the iPhone FineWoven case, work I'm now credited on as a co-inventor on the patent. FineWoven was Apple's first major move away from leather in its accessory line, a shift PETA recognized with their 2023 Company of the Year award.

The technical scope sat at the intersection of textile engineering and structural mechanics. I engineered high-performance woven textiles and polymer composites for softgoods enclosures, then designed and ran the manufacturing test protocols that proved out durability and tactile response across the lifecycle of the part.

Specifics under NDA. The broader story, replacing a material that had become a quiet environmental cost with something engineered to perform as well, is the part I'm most proud of.

Patent

"Accessory devices with textile-based walls" — US20250088581A1, published by the USPTO on March 13, 2025. Filed June 20, 2024, with a priority date of September 11, 2023.

From the abstract: "An accessory device includes multiple walls and textile layers covering the walls. The textile layers may be of the same materials. However, one of the textile layers may include a film that provides protection against stains and fraying."

Listed as one of 19 named inventors on the application, alongside the rest of the Apple softgoods accessory team. The full filing is embedded below; the PDF and Google Patents page are also linked under references.