Wearable device

• US 9,703,322 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Yi-Pang
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): WRIGHT, INGRID D
• Application Number:
  US14/467,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• Field of Search: 36167903, 36167934, 36167919
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0053 Flexible straps
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/12 C-spring-type bracelets or wrist-watch holders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/189 characterised by the use of a flexible or folded printed circuit H05K3/326 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10128 Display

Abstract

A wearable device adapted to be worn on a user'"'"'s wrist is provided. The wearable device includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a shaft structure, and a soft covering material. The shaft structure is connected to the one side of the first bracket, also to the one side of the second bracket for forming a wristband. The other side of the first bracket and the other side of the second bracket are configured to be departed from each other, and the first bracket and the second bracket are pivoted with each other through the shaft structure. Furthermore, the first bracket, the second bracket, and the shaft structure are covered by the soft covering material.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a first bracket;

a second bracket;

a shaft structure, connecting one side of the first bracket and one side of the second bracket, the other side of the first bracket and the other side of the second bracket are separated from each other, and the first bracket and the second bracket are adapted to relatively pivot through the shaft structure; and

a soft covering material, covering the first bracket, the second bracket and the shaft structure, wherein the shaft structure is located inside the soft covering material, and the soft covering material extends to a wearable space formed by the encircling of the first bracket and the second bracket.

2. The wearable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the soft covering material comprises a rubber or a silicon.

3. The wearable device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an electronic device disposed on the first bracket, wherein the soft covering material exposes at least a portion of the electronic device.

4. The wearable device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the electronic device comprises a display unit, and the soft covering material exposes a display surface of the display unit.

5. The wearable device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a flexible printed circuit board and a control unit, the control unit disposed on the first bracket or the second bracket, the flexible printed circuit board electrically coupled to the display unit and the control unit via the shaft structure, wherein the soft covering material covers the flexible printed circuit board and the control unit, and the display unit receives and displays an electrical signal from the control unit via the flexible printed circuit board.

6. The wearable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft structure comprises a multi-section hinge mechanism, the multi-section hinge mechanism comprises a rotation angle positioning portion, a first rotating portion and a second rotating portion, and the rotation angle position portion, the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion has a plurality of hooks or recesses thereon, used for positioning or locking each other.

7. The wearable device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the shaft structure further comprises a first protective member and a second protective member, the first protective member is fixed to the first bracket and the second protective member is fixed to the second bracket.

8. The wearable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft structure comprises a torsion spring, a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion and a pivoting shaft, and the pivoting shaft passes through between the torsion spring, the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion.

9. The wearable device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the torsion spring has an annular spring structure, and the soft covering material covers at least a portion of the annular spring structure.

10. The wearable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft structure comprises an elastic pad, and two ends of the elastic pad are respectively fixed on the first bracket and the second bracket.