# US 10,863,802 B2 · Ring type wearable terminal and method for manufacturing the ring type wearable terminal

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- Number: US 10,863,802 B2
- Document ID: US10863802B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/778,392
- Filed: 2020-01-31
- Published: 2020-05-28
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-31
- Assignees: Mtg Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: MTG Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: John McLear; Stuart Childs
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863802B2

## CPC

- A44C 9/0015: {connected or interlinked to each other}
- A44C 27/00: Making jewellery or other personal adornments
- G06K 19/07749: {the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card}
- G06K 19/07762: {the adhering arrangement making the record carrier wearable, e.g. having the form of a ring, watch, glove or bracelet (record carriers for insertion in the human body for medical purposes A61B90/00; record carriers adapted for attachment to animals A01K11/00)}
- G06Q 20/40975: {using encryption therefor}
- G07F 7/1016: {Devices or methods for securing the PIN and other transaction-data, e.g. by encryption (arrangements for secret communication, see H04L9/00)}
- A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

A ring type wearable terminal includes: a first ring that has a recessed portion formed on a side surface thereof; a second ring that is bonded to the first ring and that covers the recessed portion; and a communication unit that is housed in the recessed portion. The recessed portion is filled with an adhesive agent. The adhesive agent filling the recessed portion bonds the first ring and the second ring and also fixes the communication unit to the recessed portion so as to protect the communication unit. This allows the strength of the ring type wearable terminal to be improved.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ring type wearable terminal comprising:
a first ring that has a recessed portion formed on a side surface thereof;
a second ring that is bonded to the first ring and that covers the recessed portion; and
a communication unit that is housed in the recessed portion,
wherein the recessed portion is filled with an adhesive agent, and
wherein a notch that is filled with the adhesive agent is formed on a side edge portion of at least one of the first ring and the second ring.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ring type wearable terminal according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the adhesive agent filling the notch is smoothly continuous with respective outer peripheral surfaces of the first ring and the second ring.

### Claim 3

A method for manufacturing a ring type wearable terminal comprising:
forming a notch that is filled with the adhesive agent on a side edge portion of at least one of a first ring and a second ring;
putting a communication unit in a recessed portion formed on a side surface of the first ring;
applying an adhesive agent to the recessed portion in a heaped manner;
bonding the second ring covering the recessed portion to the first ring; and
performing polishing such that respective outer peripheral surfaces of the first ring and the second ring become smoothly continuous.