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Granted Patent B2
US 12,625,393 · App. 18/148,084 · Granted May 12, 2026

Wearable electronic device

Inventors: Hyunmo Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Sungkwang Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Junwhon Uhm (Suwon-si, KR); Geonho Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Chulkwi Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jongmin Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G02C11/10G02C5/146H02J7/0045H02J50/40
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Patent No.
US 12,625,393
App. No.
18/148,084
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a lens frame configured to accommodate a display member and including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a hinge structure including first and second hinge structures connected respectively to the first and second ends, a wearing member including a first and second wearing members connected respectively to the first hinge and second hinge structures, the first wearing member or the second wearing member being configured to move with respect to the lens frame, a battery disposed in the first wearing member, a circuit board disposed in the first wearing member and including electrodes, and a charging terminal structure disposed in the first wearing member and including charging pads exposable to an outside and a connecting member disposed in the first wearing member and configured to electrically connect the charging pads and the electrodes.

Claims (53)

1 . A wearable electronic device comprising:

a lens frame configured to accommodate a display member and comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;

a hinge structure comprising a first hinge structure connected to the first end and a second hinge structure connected to the second end;

a wearing member comprising a first wearing member connected to the first hinge structure and a second wearing member connected to the second hinge structure, the first wearing member or the second wearing member being configured to rotate with respect to the lens frame;

a first battery disposed in the first wearing member;

a first circuit board disposed in the first wearing member and comprising first electrodes; and

a charging terminal structure disposed in the first wearing member and comprising:

first charging pads exposable to an outside away from the hinge structure when the first wearing member is folded relative to the lens frame, and

connecting members arranged in the first wearing member and configured to electrically connect each of the first charging pads and the first electrodes,

wherein the first charging pads comprise a seating portion configured to be connected to an external power source, and

wherein the charging terminal structure is configured to be rotatable around a hinge shaft of the first hinge structure together with the first wearing member and covering a portion of the first hinge structure.

2 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device is configured to provide a first state in which the first charging pads are not exposed and a second state in which the first charging pads are exposed to the outside according to a relative position between the wearing member and the lens frame.

3 . The wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the wearable electronic device in the second state is further configured such that the first wearing member is positioned closer with respect to the lens frame than the second wearing member is positioned.

4 . The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the wearable electronic device in the second state is further configured such that a first external angle between the lens frame and the first wearing member is greater than a second external angle between the lens frame and the second wearing member.

5 . The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the wearable electronic device in the second state is further configured such that a first internal angle between the lens frame and the first wearing member is smaller than a second internal angle between the lens frame and the second wearing member.

6 . The wearable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the wearable electronic device in the second state is further configured such that the second wearing member is positioned closer with respect to the lens frame than the first wearing member is positioned.

7 . The wearable electronic device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first state is a state in which the wearing member is folded closed with respect to the lens frame, and

wherein the second state is a state in which the wearing member is folded open with respect to the lens frame.

8 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first charging pads and the connecting members are configured to be fixed by a fixing member.

9 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the seating portion is a shape in which two ellipses overlap each other.

10 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the charging terminal structure is disposed adjacent to the first hinge structure.

11 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrodes are electrically connected to a charging circuit disposed on the first circuit board.

12 . The wearable electronic device of claim 8 ,

wherein the fixing member is in a form of a screw, and

wherein the fixing member is disposed to couple the first charging pads and the connecting members.

13 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the seating portion is disposed on a first end of the first charging pads, and

wherein a hole is formed through a second end of the first charging pads.

14 . The wearable electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the seating portion is configured to be in continuous contact with the first electrodes.

15 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first charging pads are rotatable around the hinge shaft.

16 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second battery disposed in the second wearing member;

a second circuit board disposed in the second wearing member and comprising second electrodes;

a charging terminal structure disposed in the second wearing member and comprising second charging pads exposable to the outside; and

a connecting member disposed in the second wearing member and configured to electrically connect the second charging pads and the second electrodes.

17 . A wearable electronic device comprising:

a lens frame configured to accommodate a display member and comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;

a hinge connecting structure comprising a first hinge connecting structure connected to the first end and a second hinge connecting structure connected to the second end;

a hinge structure comprising a first hinge structure connected to the first hinge connecting structure and a second hinge structure connected to the second hinge connecting structure;

a wearing member comprising a first wearing member connected to the first hinge structure and a second wearing member connected to the second hinge structure, the first wearing member or the second wearing member being configured to rotate with respect to the lens frame;

a first battery disposed in the first wearing member;

a circuit board disposed in the first wearing member and comprising electrodes; and

a charging terminal structure disposed in the first wearing member and comprising:

first charging pads exposable to an outside away from the hinge structure when the first wearing member is folded relative to the lens frame, and

connecting members disposed in the first wearing member and configured to electrically connect each of the first charging pads and the electrodes,

wherein the first charging pads comprise a seating portion configured to be connected to an external power source, and

wherein the first charging pads are configured to be rotatable around a hinge shaft of the first hinge structure and covering a portion of the first hinge structure.

18 . The wearable electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the wearable electronic device is configured to provide a first state in which the first charging pads are not exposed and a second state in which the first charging pads are exposed to the outside according to a relative position between the wearing member and the lens frame.

19 . The wearable electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the wearable electronic device in the second state is configured such that the first wearing member is positioned closer with respect to the lens frame than the second wearing member is positioned.

20 . The wearable electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first charging pads are not exposed to the outside when the wearable electronic device is in a folded state in which the first wearing member is substantially parallel to the frame lens, and

wherein the first charging pads are exposed to the outside when the wearable electronic device is in an unfolded state in which the first wearing member is substantially perpendicular to the frame lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: YANG, HYUNMO; YANG, SUNGKWANG; UHM, JUNWHON; YOON, GEONHO; KIM, CHULKWI; YOON, JONGMIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062236/0771 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0191311 · Dec 29, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0038486 · Mar 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022021541 · Dec 28, 2022
Related Publication 20230204985A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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