IP Library Granted Patent US 12,256,503
Granted Patent B2
US 12,256,503 · App. 18/204,089 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki (Kanagawa, JP); Haruki Katagiri (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Okano (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H05K5/0086G04G17/04G04G17/08G06F1/163H05K7/02
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Patent No.
US 12,256,503
App. No.
18/204,089
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a structure body comprising a curved plane in a cross-sectional view;

a secondary battery being curved in the cross-sectional view; and

a display portion,

wherein a first portion of the structure body, the secondary battery and the display portion overlap one another,

wherein a second portion of the structure body and each of the secondary battery and the display portion do not overlap each other,

wherein the curved plane of the structure body has a first radius of curvature in the first portion and a second radius of curvature in the second portion,

wherein the secondary battery is electrically connected to the display portion via an opening provided in the structure body,

wherein the secondary battery is configured to bend following a bending of the structure body by changing the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature independently and making the first radius of curvature larger than the second radius of curvature when the electronic device is worn on a human body, and

wherein the secondary battery is provided on a side that is near an arm in the electronic device while the display portion is provided on a side opposite to the side providing the secondary battery in the electronic device when the electronic device is worn on the human body.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the structure body has a shape in which radii of curvature of the curved plane changes gradually depending on locations in the cross-sectional view.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the structure body is between the secondary battery and the display portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the secondary battery is placed on a region having the curved plane, and

wherein the display portion is placed on the region having the curved plane.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a first radius change of curvature at the first portion is different from a second radius change of curvature at the second portion when the electronic device is worn on the human body.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a structure body comprising a curved plane in a cross-sectional view;

a secondary battery being curved in the cross-sectional view; and

a display portion comprising an electroluminescent element,

wherein a first portion of the structure body, the secondary battery and the display portion overlap one another,

wherein a second portion of the structure body and each of the secondary battery and the display portion do not overlap each other,

wherein the curved plane of the structure body has a first radius of curvature in the first portion and a second radius of curvature in the second portion,

wherein the secondary battery is electrically connected to the display portion via an opening provided in the structure body,

wherein the secondary battery is configured to bend following a bending of the structure body by changing the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature independently and making the first radius of curvature larger than the second radius of curvature when the electronic device is worn on a human body, and

wherein the secondary battery is provided on a side that is near an arm in the electronic device while the display portion is provided on a side opposite to the side providing the secondary battery in the electronic device when the electronic device is worn on the human body.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the structure body has a shape in which radii of curvature of the curved plane changes gradually depending on locations in the cross-sectional view.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the structure body is between the secondary battery and the display portion.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the secondary battery is placed on a region having the curved plane, and

wherein the display portion is placed on the region having the curved plane.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein a first radius change of curvature at the first portion is different from a second radius change of curvature at the second portion when the electronic device is worn on the human body.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-147187 · Jul 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17726329 · Apr 21, 2022
Continuation 17321632 · May 17, 2021
Continuation 15646400 · Jul 11, 2017
Continuation 14328947 · Jul 11, 2014
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