Wearable devices
View Patent ↗Provided are a wearable device, comprising: a metal frame, a gap between the metal frame and a mainboard of the wearable device forming an antenna of the wearable device; and a metal bezel, the metal bezel and the metal frame being electrically connected to each other through a plurality of connectors, a distance between any adjacent two of the connectors along a first direction being less than ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a maximum operating frequency of one or more antennas of the wearable device, and the first direction being a peripheral direction of the metal frame.
1. A wearable device, comprising:
a metal frame provided on a side of the wearable device, wherein one or more antennas are formed by: the metal frame, a gap between the metal frame and a mainboard of the wearable device, and the mainboard comprising a feeding module and the metal frame comprising a grounding point; and
a metal bezel provided on a front edge of the wearable device, the metal bezel and the metal frame being electrically connected to each other through a plurality of connectors, a distance between any adjacent two of the plurality of connectors along a first direction being less than ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a maximum operating frequency of the one or more antennas of the wearable device, and the first direction being a peripheral direction of the metal frame,
wherein an assembly step is provided on a side edge of the metal frame close to the metal bezel, a lug protruding toward the metal frame is formed on an edge of the metal bezel, and the metal bezel is provided on the assembly step of the metal frame through the lug.
2. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of connectors are arranged uniformly along the first direction.
3. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
an insulating filler structure is filled between the metal frame and the metal bezel.
4. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more antennas of the wearable device comprise at least one of:
a Bluetooth antenna, a satellite positioning antenna, a WiFi antenna, an LTE antenna, or a 5G antenna.
5. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of connectors is a metal spring piece, one end of the metal spring piece is fixed to the metal frame, and the other end of the metal spring piece abuts elastically against an inner wall of the lug of the metal bezel.
6. The wearable device according to claim 5 , wherein
the metal frame is provided with a plurality of assembly holes, and the one end of the metal spring piece is fixed in a corresponding assembly hole.
7. The wearable device according to claim 5 , wherein
the one end of the metal spring piece is welded to the metal frame.
8. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of connectors is a snap integrally formed on the assembly step, and a protrusion that abuts against an inner wall of the lug is formed on a side of the snap facing the lug of the metal bezel.
9. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the wearable device is a smart watch or a smart wristband.
10. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the distance between any adjacent two of the plurality of connectors along the first direction is less than 30 mm.
11. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of connectors comprise a minimum number of connectors that satisfy a condition that the distance between any two adjacent connectors along the first direction is less than ¼ of the wavelength.
12. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of connectors comprise six connectors.
13. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a positioning antenna.
14. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a circumferential direction of the metal frame, and the distance between two adjacent connectors along the first direction is a corresponding arc length between the two adjacent connectors.
15. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal frame comprises an annular metal frame, and the metal bezel comprises an annular metal bezel.
16. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connectors are uniformly distributed along the first direction.
17. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connectors are not uniformly distributed along the first direction.
18. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna comprises a slot antenna formed by the metal frame, the mainboard and the gap between the metal frame and the mainboard.
19. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is further formed by the plurality of connectors electronically connecting the metal bezel and the metal frame to each other.