IP Library Granted Patent US 9,861,314
Granted Patent B2
US 9,861,314 · App. 14/826,360 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Wearable electronic device and method for manufacturing thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,861,314
App. No.
14/826,360
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable electronic device including a molded body part made of a moldable ceramic material, having an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one cavity having a depth arranged on the inner surface of the body part, an electronic part arranged in the cavity, which electronic part has a thickness that is less than the depth of the cavity, and a coating made of an epoxy material on the inner surface of the body part, covering the electronic part and the cavity.

Claims (23)

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:

a molded body part made of a moldable ceramic material, having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein at least one cavity having a depth is arranged on the inner surface of the body part,

an electronic part arranged in said cavity, which electronic part has a thickness that is less than the depth of the cavity, and

a coating made of a moldable filler material on the inner surface of the body part, covering the electronic part and the cavity.

2. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the moldable ceramic material is selected from a group consisting of zirconium, aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide, boron carbide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, titanium diboride and yttrium oxide.

3. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic part is attached to the cavity by an attachment means arranged at a bottom of the cavity.

4. The wearable electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the attachment means is selected from a group consisting of a sticker, a tape, glue and an attachment structure made in a molded body part.

5. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the moldable filler material is selected from a group consisting of at least epoxy material, Polyethylene, Polyurethane, low temperature moldable material, Loctite M-31CL, alpha-epoxy, 1,2-epoxy, EpoxAcast® 650, Bisphenol S epoxy resin, Novolac epoxy resin, Aliphatic epoxy resin and Glycidylamine epoxy resin.

6. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic part comprises a battery, an infrared transmitter, a microcontroller, a radio frequency transceiver, a temperature sensor and an infrared receiver.

7. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the moldable filler material comprises an ink, which ink increases value of transmitted infrared light intensity divided by transmitted visible light intensity.

8. The wearable electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the moldable filler material comprises an ink and is configured to cover at least an area other than the infrared transmitter and the infrared receiver within the cavity.

9. A method for manufacturing a wearable electronic device, comprising the steps of:

molding a body part using a moldable ceramic material, wherein a mold is such that at least one cavity is formed on an inner surface of the body part,

arranging an electronic part in said cavity, and

coating the inner surface of the body part to form the coating, including covering the electronic part.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic part is attached to the cavity using an attachment means arranged on a bottom of the cavity.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the step of arranging the electronic part in the cavity is carried out using an assembly guiding element.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the mold is such that two cavities, a first cavity and a second cavity, are formed on the inner surface of the body part.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first cavity and the second cavity are in connection with each other.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the electronic part comprises a battery and a support on which other components of the electronic part are arranged, and the step of arranging the electronic part in the cavity is carried out by arranging the battery in the first cavity, connecting the battery to the support and arranging the support in the second cavity.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the coating the inner surface of the body part is done by applying an epoxy resin on the surface and curing the resin to form an epoxy coating.

16. The method according to any of the claim 15 , wherein the curing is induced with UV light.

17. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the step of coating the inner surface of the body part is carried out using a molding stand.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2025
From: OURA HEALTH OY; OURARING INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 071302/0800 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS AT REEL/FRAME NO. 58965/0978 Recorded May 15, 2025
From: CRG SERVICING LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: OURA HEALTH OY
Reel/Frame 071338/0617 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: OURA HEALTH OY
To: CRG SERVICING LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058965/0978 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2017
From: JOUZEN OY
To: OURA HEALTH OY
Reel/Frame 042646/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2015
From: HAVERINEN, TEEMU; KELLONIEMI, MARKO; HAUTALA, TOMI; KOSKELA, MARKKU; KIVELÄ, KARI
To: JOUZEN OY
Reel/Frame 036326/0757 →