Wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9577324-B2
Application number	US-201514731170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2015
Priority date	Mar 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes a main body, a watchband spring pin engaged with one side of the main body, and a wrist-worn watchband connected to the watchband spring pin. The main body includes a wireless communication module and a conductive member electrically connected to the wireless communication module. The watchband spring pin is physically connected to the conductive member on the main body to be an antenna unit of the wireless communication module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a wearable member for wearing on a human body;
a main body comprising:
an external housing having an accommodation space therein;
a wireless communication module disposed in the accommodation space;
a joint portion disposed on one side of the external housing; and
a conductive member having one portion thereof embedded in the joint portion and an other portion thereof electrically connected to the wireless communication module in the accommodation space; and

a pin-shaped antenna unit extending through the wearable member and engaged with the joint portion, and physically contacted with the other portion of the conductive member.

2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the
wireless communication module comprises:
a wiring board;
a wireless communication unit disposed on the wiring board; and
an electrical connection portion disposed on the wiring board, and electrically connected to the conductive member and the wireless communication unit.

3. The wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the electrical connection portion is a metal boss or a metal clip.

4. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display module disposed on the external housing to be exposed outwards from another side of the external housing, and being electrically connected to the wireless communication module,
wherein the pin-shaped antenna unit and the display module are respectively located at the different sides of the external housing.

5. 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.

6. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device is a digital watch, glasses or an earphone.

7. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable member is a wrist-worn watchband, and the pin-shaped antenna unit is a watchband spring pin for being engaged with the joint portion.

8. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a main body comprising:
a wireless communication module; and
a conductive member electrically connected to the wireless communication module;

a first watchband spring pin engaged with a first side of the main body, and being electrically connected to the wireless communication module by physically contacting with the conductive member, the first watchband spring pin being an antenna unit of the wireless communication module;
a second watchband spring pin engaged with a second side of the main body being opposite to the first side thereof; and
at least one wrist-worn watchband connected to the first watchband spring pin and the second watchband spring pin.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises:
a wiring board;
a wireless communication unit disposed on the wiring board; and
an electrical connection portion disposed on the wiring board, and electrically connected to the conductive member and the wireless communication unit.

10. The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the electrical connection portion is a metal boss or a metal clip.

11. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a display module disposed on a third side of the main body, and arranged between the first side and second side thereof, and being electrically connected to the wireless communication module.

12. The wearable electronic device of claim 8 , 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.

Assignees

• Quanta Comp Inc

Inventors

• Chen Chun-Lung
• Wu Ji-Dein
• Huang Shih-Ling
• Lin Yu-Feng
• Liu Yen-Liang
• Wang Ko-Chun
• Chen Yu-Liang
• Tsai Chiung-Chang

Classifications

• G06F1/163

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

• H01Q1/273

  Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals · CPC title

• H01Q1/44 Primary

  using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1698

  the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266) · CPC title

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title