Coupling pin and wearable electronic device comprising same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyunjun Jung
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Abstract
A coupling pin and a wearable electronic device in which the coupling pin is configured to connect a wearable member to a housing of the wearable electronic device are provided. The coupling pin includes a tube portion which is configured to be accommodated in the wearable member, and which at least partially has electrical conductivity, a core portion which is configured to protrude from at least one of both ends of the tube portion to be bound to the housing, and which at least partially has electrical conductivity, and a sleeve which is arranged adjacent to the tube portion while surrounding at least a portion of the core portion, and which has electrical conductivity, wherein the sleeve is electrically insulated from the core portion and the tube portion.
Claims19
A coupling pin configured to connect a wearing member to a housing of a wearable electronic device, the coupling pin comprising:
- a tube portion accommodated in the wearing member and at least partially having electrical conductivity;
- a core portion configured to protrude from at least one of opposite ends of the tube portion to be bound to the housing and at least partially having electrical conductivity;
- and
- a sleeve disposed adjacent to the tube portion in a state of surrounding at least a portion of the core portion and having electrical conductivity,
- wherein the sleeve is electrically insulated from the core portion and the tube portion,
- wherein the core portion and the sleeve are configured to be electrically connected to the housing of the wearable electronic device to transmit an electric signal or power between the wearing member and the housing,
- wherein a combination of the tube portion and the core portion is configured to be a first electric wire between the housing of the wearable electronic device and the wearing member, and
- wherein the sleeve is configured to be a second electric wire between the housing of the wearable electronic device and the wearing member.
A wearable electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a circuit device accommodated in the housing;
- at least one wearing member detachably coupled to at least a part of the housing and configured to enable the housing to be worn on a part of a user's body;
- at least one electrical component disposed in the at least one wearing member;
- and
- a coupling pin accommodated in the at least one wearing member,
- wherein a part of the coupling pin is bound to the housing to enable the at least one wearing member to be detachably coupled to the housing,
- wherein the coupling pin is configured to transmit an electric signal and power between the circuit device and the electrical component,
- wherein the coupling pin comprises:
- a tube portion accommodated in the at least one wearing member and at least partially having electrical conductivity;
- a core portion configured to protrude from at least one of opposite ends of the tube portion to be bound to the housing and at least partially having electrical conductivity;
- and
- a sleeve disposed adjacent to the tube portion in a state of surrounding at least a portion of the core portion and having electrical conductivity,
- wherein the sleeve is electrically insulated from the core portion and the tube portion,
- wherein the core portion and the sleeve are configured to be electrically connected to the housing of the wearable electronic device to transmit the electric signal or power,
- wherein a combination of the tube portion and the core portion is configured to be a first electric wire between the housing of the wearable electronic device and the at least one wearing member, and
- wherein the sleeve is configured to be a second electric wire between the housing of the wearable electronic device and the at least one wearing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.