Functional cover for ring wearable
Inventors
Doval, Jose Julio • Halpern, Avi • Watts, Gary • Watson, Jonathan • Winter, Kirt Alan • Haverinen, Teemu Juhani
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12490816-B2
Publication Date
2025-12-09
Expiration Date
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for a functional cover are described. A removable cover (e.g., a functional cover) for a wearable ring device (e.g., a ring wearable) may include one or more electrical components positioned at least partially within the removable cover. The removable cover may further include a first electrical component exposed to an external surface of the removable cover, the first electrical component configured to contact (e.g., physical and electrically contact) a second electrical component of the wearable ring device, such as when the removable cover is in a mounted state on the wearable ring device. The first electrical component may be further configured to transfer electrical current, data, or both, between the one or more electrical components of the removable cover and one or more additional electrical components of the wearable ring device.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a removable cover for a wearable ring device, where a ring-shaped housing at least partially surrounds the wearable ring device while the wearable ring device is worn on a digit of a user. The ring-shaped housing and the wearable ring device at least partially surround the digit when the ring-shaped housing is in a mounted state, and the removable cover includes one or more electrical components positioned at least partially within the ring-shaped housing.
A first electrical contact component is exposed to an external surface of the ring-shaped housing and is configured to physically and electrically contact a second electrical contact component of the wearable ring device when the ring-shaped housing is in the mounted state. The first electrical contact component transfers electrical current, data, or both between the electrical components of the ring-shaped housing and one or more additional electrical components of the wearable ring device.
The removable cover engages the wearable ring device in a mounted configuration secured with a locking mechanism to maintain physical and electrical contact and/or alignment. The cover functionality includes adding or replacing functionality through the removable cover electronics, including sensors and communication components, and electrical current transfer that supports power and charging functionality through inductive coupling or direct contact.
A related wearable device system is also disclosed, comprising a wearable ring device with one or more sensors positioned within a curved housing to acquire physiological data associated with the user and a first electrical contact exposed to an external surface. The removable cover includes a ring-shaped housing, one or more electrical components, and a second electrical contact component that physically and electrically contacts the first electrical contact component in the mounted state to transfer electrical current, data, or both between the cover electrical components and the wearable ring sensors.
Claims Coverage
The document includes two independent claims. Both independently focus on a removable cover that engages a wearable ring device and uses exposed electrical contact components in a mounted state to transfer electrical current, data, or both, with one claim also defining a wearable device system having sensors acquiring physiological data and a removable cover that interfaces with those sensors through electrical contact.
Removable cover with ring-shaped housing on a digit
A removable cover for a wearable ring device comprising a ring-shaped housing configured to at least partially surround the wearable ring device when in a mounted state on the wearable ring device, wherein both the ring-shaped housing and the wearable ring device at least partially surround a digit of a user while worn.
Exposed first electrical contact component on the cover
A first electrical contact component exposed to an external surface of the ring-shaped housing configured to physically and electrically contact a second electrical contact component of the wearable ring device when the ring-shaped housing is in the mounted state.
Electrical current/data transfer between cover electronics and ring electronics
The first electrical contact component configured to transfer electrical current, data, or both between the one or more electrical components of the ring-shaped housing and one or more additional electrical components of the wearable ring device.
Wearable ring system with sensors acquiring physiological data and exposed first electrical contact
A wearable device system comprising a wearable ring device configured to be worn on a digit of a user, including a curved housing; one or more sensors positioned at least partially within the curved housing configured to acquire physiological data; and a first electrical contact component exposed to an external surface of the curved housing.
Removable cover engaging the wearable ring and second electrical contact
A removable cover configured to engage the wearable ring device, the removable cover comprising a ring-shaped housing in a mounted state to at least partially surround the wearable ring device while both at least partially surround the digit, one or more electrical components positioned at least partially within the ring-shaped housing, and a second electrical contact component exposed to an external surface of the ring-shaped housing.
Transfer of electrical current/data between cover electronics and wearable ring sensors
The second electrical contact component configured to physically and electrically contact the first electrical contact component of the wearable ring device when the ring-shaped housing is in the mounted state, wherein the second electrical contact component is further configured to transfer electrical current, data, or both between the one or more electrical components of the ring-shaped housing and one or more sensors of the wearable ring device.
Across the independent claims, the central inventive concept is a removable ring-shaped cover that mounts on a wearable ring device worn on a digit and uses exposed electrical contact components to physically and electrically mate in the mounted state to transfer electrical current, data, or both between the cover electrical components and the wearable ring device electronics. The system claim further requires the wearable ring device to include sensors acquiring physiological data, with the removable cover transferring electrical current, data, or both between the cover electronics and the wearable ring sensors via the contact components.
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