Wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10225641-B2
Application number	US-201515570460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 30, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes: a headphone including two sound generators and an elastic band connecting the two sound generators; a display part including two end portions and a middle portion located between the two end portions; and two movable members, wherein each sound generator is movably connected to the corresponding end portion of the display part via the corresponding movable member. Since the sound generator is movably connected to the end portion of the display part via the movable member, the end portion of the display part is not bent and deformed when the headphone is opened outward, such that the restoring force caused by deformation is not increased or even generated, thereby facilitating use of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:
a headphone comprising two sound generators and an elastic band connecting the two sound generators;
a display part comprising two end portions and a middle portion located between the two end portions; and
two movable members, wherein each movable member comprises two opposite movable ends respectively connecting to the corresponding sound generator and the corresponding end portion of the display part, one movable end is capable of rotating about a first axis extending from the corresponding sound generator towards the corresponding end portion and rotating about a second axis perpendicular the first axis, and the other movable end is capable of moving along a direction from the corresponding sound generator towards the corresponding end portion.

2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opposite movable ends of each movable member comprise a first movable end adjacent to the corresponding sound generator and a second movable end adjacent to the corresponding end portion of the display part,
the electronic device further comprises:
two connecting mechanisms, wherein each of the connecting mechanism is connected to the corresponding sound generator and the corresponding first moveable end such that the corresponding first movable end is deflectable relative to the corresponding sound generator; and
two extension mechanisms, wherein each of the extension mechanisms is connected to the corresponding second movable end and the corresponding end portion of the display part such that a distance between the corresponding end portion of the display part and the corresponding second movable end is variable.

3. The wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein each of the connecting mechanisms comprises a first connecting member fixed to the corresponding sound generator and a second connecting member connected to the corresponding first movable end; and the second connecting member is connected to the first connecting member and is rotatable about the first axis.

4. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a first shaft or a first bushing having the first axis, and the second connecting member comprises a second bushing connected to the first shaft or a second shaft connected to the first bushing.

5. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a first shaft extending from the corresponding sound generator towards the corresponding end portion of the display part, and the second connecting member comprises a first bushing in which the first shaft is sheathed.

6. The wearable electronic device of claim 5 , wherein each of the connecting mechanisms further comprises a third connecting member fixed to the corresponding first moveable end, the second connecting member is connected to the corresponding first moveable end via the third connecting member; the second axis extends from the first connecting member towards the third connecting member, the third connecting member is rotatable about the second axis.

7. The wearable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second connecting member comprises a second shaft having the second axis and the first bushing, and the third connecting member comprises a second bushing connected to the second shaft.

8. The wearable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein a bump is further formed on the corresponding first moveable end, and the third connecting member is fixed to the bump such that the first, second and third connecting members are spaced from the inner surface of the corresponding first movable end.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein each of the extension mechanisms comprises a first slider disposed on the corresponding movable member and a second slider connected to the corresponding end portion of the display part, the second slider is slidably connected to the first slider.

10. The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second slider comprises a connecting rod which defines an elongate hole along the direction from the corresponding movable member towards the corresponding end portion of the display part; the first slider comprises a boss which is received within the elongate hole and is movable within the elongate hole along a longitudinal direction of the elongate hole.

11. The wearable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first slider further comprises a wedge-shaped projection disposed on an inner surface of the corresponding movable member, the boss is located on an inclined surface of the wedge-shaped projection, one end of the wedge-shaped projection away from the sound generator is away from the inner surface of the movable member than the other end of the wedge-shaped projection; the second slider is disposed on the inclined surface of the wedge-shaped projection.

12. The wearable electronic apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a rotation mechanism being disposed on the corresponding end portion of the display part and having a third axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the second slider is connected to the rotation mechanism and is rotatable about the third axis.

13. The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the rotation mechanism comprises at least one first shaft hole having the third axis, and the second slider comprises at least one second shaft hole, and a pin extends through the at least one first shaft hole and the at least one second shaft hole.

14. The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising a spring disposed between the first slider and the second slider, and the spring is operable to produce a restoring force to restore a distance between the first slider and the second slider to an initial distance when the distance between the first slider and the second slider varies.

15. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the opposite movable ends of each movable member comprise a first movable end adjacent to one sound generator and a second movable end adjacent to a corresponding end portion of the display part,
the electronic device further comprises:
two connecting mechanisms each being connected to the corresponding end portion of the display part and the second moveable end such that the second movable end is deflectable relative to the corresponding end portion of the display part; and
two extension mechanisms each being connected to the first movable end and the corresponding sound generator such that a distance between the corresponding sound generator and the first movable end is variable.

16. The wearable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein each of the connecting mechanisms comprises a first connecting member fixed to the corresponding end portion of the display part and a second connecting member connected to the second movable end; and the second connecting member is connected to the first connecting member and is rotatable about the first axis.

17. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a first shaft or a first bushing having the first axis, and the second connecting member comprises a second bushing connected to the first shaft or a second shaft connected to the first bushing.

18. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first connecting member comprises a first shaft extending from the corresponding end portion of the display part towards the second connecting member, and the second connecting member comprises a first bushing in which the first shaft is shea

Assignees

• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Songling
• Jiang Chao
• Chen Songya
• Liu Zihong

Classifications

• H04R1/1066 Primary

  Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04R1/1008

  Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

  Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops · CPC title