Electronic wearable device electrode pad with collection well

• US 10,063,074 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2016
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Shea, Terrance, Pearson, Tom E., Solur, Sridhar V
• Primary Examiner(s): Luebke, Renee S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Baillargeon, Paul
• Application Number:
  US15/088,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20170288432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 439692, 439693, 439695, 439289, 439190, 439660, 439750, 439 37, 439205, 439206, 362103, 362382
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/22 Contacts for co-operating by abutting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/86 Parallel contacts arranged about a common axis
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/18 having only abutting contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to an electronic wearable device electrode pad with a collection well. For example, the electronic wearable device may include an electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device, a depression relative to the electrode pad to create a collection well, and an insulated area between the electrode pad and the collection well. The top surface of the electrode pad may be elevated relative to the bottom of the collection well when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging.

Claims

1. An electronic wearable device, comprising:

an electrode pad and second electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device;

a depression relative to the electrode pad to create a collection well;

an insulated area between the electrode pad and the collection well; and

an elevated surface relative to the electrode pad positioned between the electrode pad and the second electrode pad,

wherein the top surface of the electrode pad is elevated relative to the bottom of the collection well when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging, and

wherein the top portion of the elevated surface is above the top portion of the electrode pad when positioned for recharging.

2. The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises a plurality of collection wells such that a second collection well is positioned between the electrode pad and a second electrode pad.

3. The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the insulated area surrounds the electrode pad and wherein the collection well surrounds the insulated area.

4. The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the electrode pad and the insulated area comprises a non-planar top surface slanting downward toward the bottom of the collection well.

5. The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the electrode pad recharges the electronic wearable device when connected to a recharging component that is placed on top of the electronic wearable device.

6. The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the depth of the collection well is at least 0.7 mm.

7. An electronic wearable device, comprising:

a collection well adjacent to an electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device; and

an elevated surface between the electrode pad and a second electrode pad,

wherein the collection well is formed between the elevated surface and the electrode pad and between the elevated surface and the second electrode pad,

wherein an insulated material is positioned between the collection well and the electrode pad, and

wherein the collection well is positioned at a lower elevation on the electronic wearable device relative to the top surface of the electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging with a recharging component.

8. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises the collection well and a second collection well,

wherein the collection well is positioned adjacent to the electrode pad on a first side of the electrode pad, and

wherein the second collection well is positioned adjacent to both the electrode pad on a second side of the electrode pad and adjacent to a second electrode pad.

9. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of at least one of the electrode pad and the insulated area comprises a non-planar top surface slanting downward toward the bottom of the collection well.

10. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the insulating material comprises a non-ferrite material.

11. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the outer surface of the collection well comprises a different material than an adjacent outer portion of the electronic wearable device.

12. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the insulating material surrounds the electrode pad.

13. The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the collection well surrounds the insulating material.

14. An electronic wearable device, comprising:

a first and second electrode pad to recharge the electronic wearable device when connected to a recharging component;

a collection well adjacent to an insulated portion of at least one of the first and second electrode pad; and

an elevated surface between the first and second electrode pad,

wherein at least one of the collection well or a second collection well is formed adjacent to the elevated surface between the elevated surface and the first and second electrode pads,

wherein the inner bottom portion of the collection well is in a relative lower position than the top surface of the adjacent electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging, and

wherein the collection well is positioned to collect fluid runoff from the adjacent electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging.

15. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the top surface of the at least one of the adjacent electrode pad and the insulated portion is a non-planar surface to promote fluid runoff into the adjacent collection well.

16. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises at least one of:

a watch, piece of jewelry, and fitness tracking device.

17. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises three collection well areas, wherein a first collection well area is adjacent to the first electrode pad, the second collection well area is adjacent to the second electrode pad, and the third collection well area is between the first and second electrode pad.

18. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the insulating material surrounds at least one of the first and second electrode.

19. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the collection well surrounds the insulating material.

20. The electronic wearable device of claim 14, wherein the depth of the collection well is at least 0.7 mm.