Wearable device comprising a rechargeable battery and associated electrical charger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12560894-B2
Application number	US-202318488620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2023
Priority date	Mar 23, 2023
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A wearable device configured to be positioned on a user's wrist, includes a rechargeable battery configured to provide energy for the wearable device, the rechargeable battery including a first pole and a second pole, an enclosure, a crown protruding through the enclosure, the crown being a hardware input for the user, and a case back configured to be at least partially in contact with the skin of the wrist, wherein the crown is configured to be electrically connected to the first pole and wherein the enclosure is configured to be electrically connected to the second pole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A wearable device configured to be positioned on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising:
a rechargeable battery configured to provide energy for the wearable device, the rechargeable battery comprising a first pole and a second pole, an enclosure, a crown protruding through the enclosure, the crown being a hardware input for the user, and a case back configured to be at least partially in contact with the skin of the wrist, wherein the crown is configured to be electrically connected to the first pole and wherein the enclosure is configured to be electrically connected to the second pole.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pole is a positive pole, and the second pole is a negative pole connected to a ground plane.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure and the case back are two electrically independent parts.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the crown is a push-button, the crown being configured to switch from a pressed configuration to a rest configuration, the crown being connected to the first pole when the crown is in the rest configuration.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the crown is disconnected from the first pole when the push-button is in the pressed configuration.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the crown comprises a head arranged outside the enclosure and a stem extending through the enclosure, the head and the stem being electrically conductive, the head and the stem being configured to be electrically connected to the first pole.

7 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the device comprises an isolation ring configured to electrically isolate the head of the crown from the enclosure.

8 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the device comprises an isolation sleeve configured to isolate the stem of the crown from the enclosure.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a circuit board electrically arranged respectively between the first pole and the crown, the crown being connected to the circuit board through a flexible printed circuit.

10 . The device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuit board is electrically arranged between the second pole and the enclosure, the enclosure being directly connected to the circuit board through a conductive contact.

11 . The device according to claim 9 , wherein the flexible printed circuit comprises a hook shaped extremity configured to cooperate with the stem to electrically connect the crown to the flexible printed circuit.

12 . The device according to claim 9 , wherein the device comprises a seal configured to electrically isolate the flexible printed circuit from the enclosure.

13 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible printed circuit is connected to at least one of:
an altimeter, an ECG electrode, a temperature sensor, a PPG sensor, a stem rotation detector.

14 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a battery charging module configured to control the charging of the rechargeable battery and comprising an input port and a battery output port, the crown being connected to the input port and the rechargeable battery being connected to the battery output port.

15 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises at least two ECG electrodes and an ECG module, electrically connected to the ECG electrodes and configured to perform an electrocardiogram.

16 . The device according to claim 15 , wherein the case back comprises a first ECG electrode.

17 . The device according to claim 15 , wherein the device comprises a bezel mounted on the enclosure and made of electrically conductive material, the bezel comprising a second ECG electrode.

18 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the case back comprises a physiological sensor, the physiological sensor being a photoplethysmography sensor and/or a temperature sensor.

19 . An assembly comprising a wearable device according to claim 1 and an electric charger, the assembly being configured to switch from a separated configuration in which the charger is away from the device to a charging configuration in which the charger cooperates with the device to electrically charge the rechargeable battery.

20 . A method of charging with an assembly according to claim 19 , wherein the assembly is initially in the separated configuration, the method comprising:
switching the assembly from the separated configuration to the charging configuration, and electrically charging the rechargeable battery of the device by the charger.

Assignees

• Withings

Inventors

• Pimenta Victor
• Navellou Manon
• Droze Thomas
• Clerc Samuel

Classifications

• G04G19/00

  Electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces · CPC title

• G04B3/041

  Construction of crowns for rotating movement; connection with the winding stem; winding stems · CPC title

• G04G21/025 Primary

  for measuring physiological data · CPC title

• G04C10/00 Primary

  Arrangements of electric power supplies in time-pieces {(Mounting, assembling of components G04C3/008)} · CPC title