IP Library Granted Patent US 10,528,086
Granted Patent B2
US 10,528,086 · App. 15/943,094 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Wearable device and electronic device

Inventor: Seokwhan Chung (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F1/1658G06F1/163G06F1/1637H05K1/028H05K1/147G06F3/044H05K2201/056
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Patent No.
US 10,528,086
App. No.
15/943,094
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable device and an electronic device are provided. The wearable device includes a flexible circuit configured to electrically connect a touch sensor to a main board, a first waterproof member contacting a first surface of the flexible circuit and being elastically deformable, and a second waterproof member contacting a second surface of the flexible circuit and being elastically deformable.

Claims (30)

1. A wearable device comprising:

a display;

a glass member disposed on a first surface of the display, and comprising:

a base portion having a first size larger than a second size of an insertion hole; and

an intensity reinforcing portion having a third size smaller than the first size of the base portion and protruding forward from the base portion;

a touch sensor disposed on the glass member;

a main board disposed on a second surface of the display;

a flexible circuit configured to transmit an electric signal between the touch sensor and the main board;

a first waterproof member having a first inner edge surrounding and contacting a first outer edge of the glass member, the first waterproof member being elastically deformable, and a top of the first waterproof member being lower than a top surface of the intensity reinforcing portion of the glass member;

a second waterproof member having a second inner edge surrounding and contacting a second outer edge of the first waterproof member, the second waterproof member being elastically deformable, and a top of the second waterproof member being lower than the glass member,

wherein a first portion of the flexible circuit is connected to the touch sensor and disposed on a first front surface of the first waterproof member, and a second portion of the flexible circuit is interposed between the second outer edge of the first waterproof member and the second inner edge of the second waterproof member;

a case comprising the insertion hole into which the touch sensor is inserted, the case surrounding and contacting a third outer edge of the second waterproof member, the case accommodating the main board, the display, and the glass member that are disposed in the case, and a third portion of the flexible circuit being interposed between the case and the base portion; and

a strap connected to the case and configured to be wearable by a user.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first waterproof member surrounds and contacts a fourth outer edge of the intensity reinforcing portion, and

the flexible circuit further comprises a fourth portion extending from the second portion and interposed between a second front surface of the base portion and a rear surface of the second waterproof member.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the second outer edge of the first waterproof member and the second inner edge of the second waterproof member have corresponding shapes.

4. The wearable device of claim 3 , wherein one of the second outer edge of the first waterproof member and the second inner edge of the second waterproof member has a concave shape, and

another one of the second outer edge of the first waterproof member and the second inner edge of the second waterproof member has a convex shape that corresponds to the concave shape.

5. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the second outer edge of the first waterproof member or the second inner edge of the second waterproof member comprises a groove corresponding to a width and a thickness of the flexible circuit.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , further comprising a waterproof adhesive disposed in a space defined by the flexible circuit, the first waterproof member, and the second waterproof member.

7. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the glass member is from about 1 mm to about 5 mm.

8. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the case comprises:

a front case comprising the insertion hole and surrounding and contacting the third outer edge of the second waterproof member; and

a rear case disposed at a rear of the front case.

9. The wearable device of claim 8 , wherein the first waterproof member and the second waterproof member are pressurized by the front case and the glass member.

10. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first waterproof member has, from a plane view, the first inner edge surrounding and contacting the first outer edge of the glass member, and

the second waterproof member has, from the plane view, the second inner edge surrounding and contacting the second outer edge of the first waterproof member.

11. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first waterproof member and the second waterproof member has a ring structure.

12. The wearable device of claim 11 , wherein a first diameter of the first waterproof member is less than a second diameter of the second waterproof member.

13. The wearable device of claim 12 , wherein the first diameter of the first waterproof member is greater than a third diameter of the glass member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: CHUNG, SEOKWHAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0099078 · Aug 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190041917A1 · Feb 7, 2019
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