Method for making a smart bracelet provided with an electronic component insert
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsNicolas Francois, Claire Rannoux, Cedric Nicolas
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Abstract
A method for making a bracelet provided with an electronic component insert, the method includes fabricating a basic, flexible support for an insert in the form of a band, making conductive paths on the flexible support or in the flexible support, disposing on the flexible support various electronic components connected to the conductive paths, and coating the electronic components disposed on the flexible support with a transparent or opaque protective layer to finish the insert of the bracelet.
Claims17
A method for making a bracelet provided with an electronic component insert, the method comprising:
- fabricating a basic, flexible support for the electronic component insert in a form of a band, said flexible support being made of plastic material or of thermoplastic material obtained by molding in a mold adapted to a shape of the bracelet, and including at least two bands disposed one on top of the other or side-by-side, one of the at least two bands having a technical function and the other of the at least two bands having a decorative function;
- making conductive paths on the flexible support or in the flexible support;
- disposing an electronic component into the electronic component insert such that the electronic component is connected to and placed on one of the conductive paths;
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- coating the electronic component disposed in the electronic component insert with a transparent or opaque protective layer to finish the electronic component insert of the bracelet, wherein
- the conductive paths are sandwiched between the flexible support and the electronic component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.