Wearable electronic device

• US 9,544,408 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Liang, Yuan-Chen, Wu, Cheng-Hao, Wu, Chi-Cheng, Hsu, Hsuan-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US14/865,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20160366256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 343/718, 343/702, 343/895, 343/720, 343/357.55, 607/60, 600/479
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/04 Metal casings
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/02 Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes a device body having a wireless communication module, a wearing unit connected to the device body for being worn on a user, an antenna module entirely embedded inside the wearing unit, and a conductive unit is partially disposed in the wearing unit and electrically connected to the antenna module and the wireless communication module.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a device body having a recess and a first installation portion disposed in the recess;

a wireless communication module disposed in the device body, and exposed outwards from the recess;

a wearing unit comprising;

a plastic wearing member having an end portion thereof; and

a plastic connection portion comprising two extending ribs and a second installation portion being opposite to the extending ribs and exposed outwards from the end portion of the plastic wearing member, wherein the extending ribs are embedded inside in the end portion of the plastic wearing member so as to form an opening between the extending ribs in the end portion of the plastic wearing member, and the second installation portion is detachably connected to the first installation portion, wherein a melting point of the plastic connection portion is greater than a melting point of the plastic wearing member;

an antenna module entirely embedded inside the plastic wearing member; and

a conductive unit comprising;

a support body entirely embedded inside the plastic connection portion; and

a plurality of metallic elastic pieces abreast arranged on the support body at intervals, and electrically connected to the antenna module in the opening,

wherein, when the plastic connection portion enters the recess, and the second installation portion is connected to the first installation portion, the metallic elastic pieces elastically contact with terminals of the wireless communication module;

wherein the plastic connection portion is provided with a plurality of slots, and the slots are abreast arranged at intervals and exposed outwards from the end portion of the plastic wearing member, and the metallic elastic pieces extend outwards from the plastic connection portion via the slots, respectively.

2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein a hardness of the plastic connection portion is greater than a hardness of the plastic wearing member.

3. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device body comprises at least one metallic shell, and the wireless communication module is disposed in the metallic shell.

4. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wearable electronic device is a digital watch, a pair of glasses, a bracelet, a card hanger or a headphone.

5. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wearing unit is a wrist-worn band, and the antenna module comprises an antenna unit and a flexible wired board, the antenna unit is electrically connected to the flexible wired board and the conductive unit.

6. The wearable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module is a blue-tooth wireless communication module, an infrared transmission module, a radio frequency identification (RFID) module, a WIFI network module or a near-field communication (NFC) module.

7. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a device body having a recess and a first installation portion disposed in the recess;

a wireless communication module disposed in the device body, and exposed outwards from the recess, wherein the wireless communication module is provided with a first conductive interface;

a wrist-worn band comprising;

a plastic wearing member having an end portion thereof;

a plastic connection portion comprising two extending ribs and a second installation portion being opposite to the extending ribs and exposed outwards from the end portion of the plastic wearing member,

wherein the extending ribs are embedded inside in the end portion of the plastic wearing member so as to form an opening between the extending ribs in the end portion of the plastic wearing member, and the second installation portion is detachably connected to the first installation portion, wherein a melting point of the plastic connection portion is greater than a melting point of the plastic wearing member; and

a second conductive interface formed with a support body entirely embedded inside the plastic connection portion, and a plurality of metallic elastic pieces abreast arranged on the support body at intervals, and disposed in the opening; and

an antenna module entirely embedded inside the plastic wearing member, and electrically connected to the metallic elastic pieces of the second conductive interface,

wherein, when the plastic connection portion enters the recess, and the second installation portion is connected to the first installation portion, the metallic elastic pieces elastically contact with terminals of the wireless communication module;

wherein the plastic connection portion is provided with a plurality of slots, the slots are abreast arranged at intervals, and exposed outwards from the end portion of the plastic wearing member, and the metallic elastic pieces extend outwards from the plastic connection portion via the slots, respectively.

8. The wearable electronic device of claim 7, wherein a hardness of the plastic connection portion is greater than a hardness of the plastic wearing member.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the device body comprises at least one metallic shell, and the wireless communication module is disposed in the metallic shell.

10. The wearable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the wearable electronic device is a digital watch, a pair of glasses, a bracelet, a card hanger or a headphone.

11. The wearable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the wireless communication module is a blue-tooth wireless communication module, an infrared transmission module, a radio frequency identification (RFID) module, a WIFI network module or a near-field communication (NFC) module.