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US 12,504,784 B1Granted
Smart ring clip and method of manufacture
AssigneeQuanata, LLC
InventorKenneth Jason Sanchez
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Abstract
A smart ring clip includes a body with a groove for receiving a portion of a ring, the ring contacting the body, and the body including a flexible material. One or more of a battery, a charging unit, a processing unit, a user input unit, a communication unit, a memory unit, at least one sensor unit, and an output unit is one of attached to or disposed within the body. The body is secured, such as clipped, to the ring by the groove and is removable from the ring upon movement of the body in a direction away from the ring.
Claims24
A smart ring clip comprising:
- a body, comprising a curved shape;
- a groove disposed within the body of the smart ring clip and extending along a curved length of the body of the smart ring clip between a first end and a second end of the smart ring clip, wherein the groove is configured for:
- receiving a conventionally shaped enclosed ring, wherein:
- the body of the smart ring clip includes a flexible material configured to be secured to the ring by the groove;
- and
- the body of the smart ring clip is removable from the ring upon movement of the body of the smart ring clip in a direction away from the ring;
- a charging unit;
- a user input unit configured to collect information from a user and disposed at an outside surface of the body of the smart ring clip;
- and
- a sensor disposed at a portion of the outside surface of the smart ring clip, wherein a first portion of the outside surface comprises a location:
- outside of the rounded groove of the smart ring clip;
- and
- not configured to contact a finger of the user when the smart ring clip is coupled to the ring and the ring is worn on the finger of the user, wherein a first portion of an inside surface of the smart ring clip is located at an opposite side of the smart ring clip from the first portion of the outside surface and is configured to contact the finger of the user when the smart ring clip is coupled to the ring and when the ring is worn on the finger of the user.
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A method of manufacturing a smart ring clip, the method comprising:
- creating a body of the smart ring clip with a flexible material by one or more of heat molding, injection molding, ink printing, stamping, metal forming, machining, or additive manufacturing;
- creating a groove disposed within the body of the smart ring clip and extending along a curved length of the body of the smart ring clip between a first end and a second end of the smart ring clip, wherein the groove is configured to:
- receive a ring that is conventionally shaped enclosed ring,
- wherein:
- the body of the smart ring clip comprises a curved shape;
- and
- the body of the smart ring clip is removable from the ring upon movement of the body of the smart ring clip in a direction away from the ring;
- providing a charging unit;
- disposing a user input unit configured to collect information from a user and disposed at an outside surface of the body of the smart ring clip;
- and
- disposing a sensor at a first portion of the outside surface of the smart ring clip, wherein the first portion of the outside surface comprises a location:
- outside of the groove of the smart ring clip;
- and
- not configured to contact a finger of the user when the smart ring clip is coupled to the ring and the ring is worn on the finger of the user, wherein a first portion of an inside surface of the smart ring clip is located at an opposite side of the smart ring clip from the first portion of the outside surface and is configured to contact the finger of the user when the smart ring clip is coupled to the ring and when the ring is worn on the finger of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.