# US 2017/0288432 A1 · Electronic wearable device electrode pad with collection well > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0288432 A1 - Document ID: US20170288432A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/088,674 - Filed: 2016-04-01 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-01 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Terry OShea; Tom E. Pearson; Sridhar V. Solur - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170288432A1 ## CPC - H02J 7/70: characterised by the mechanical construction - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G01C 22/006: {Pedometers} - H01R 13/22: Contacts for co-operating by abutting - H01R 24/60: Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement - H01R 24/86: Parallel contacts arranged about a common axis - H01R 33/18: having only abutting contacts - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract Examples disclosed herein relate to an electronic wearable device electrode pad with a collection well. For example, the electronic wearable device may include an electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device, a depression relative to the electrode pad to create a collection well, and an insulated area between the electrode pad and the collection welt The top surface of the electrode pad may be elevated relative to the bottom of the collection well when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic wearable device, comprising: an electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device; and a depression relative to the electrode pad to create a collection well, an insulated area between the electrode pad and the collection well, wherein the top surface of the electrode pad is elevated relative to the bottom of the collection well when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises a plurality of collection wells such that a second collection well is positioned between the electrode pad and a second electrode pad. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the electronic wearable device further includes an elevated surface relative to the electrode pad, wherein the elevated surface is between the electrode pad and a second electrode pad, and wherein the top portion of the elevated surface is above the top portion of the electrode pad when positioned for recharging. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the insulated area surrounds the electrode pad and wherein the collection well surrounds the insulated area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the electrode pad and the insulated area comprises a non-planar top surface slanting downward toward the bottom of the collection well. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic wearable device of claim 1, wherein the electrode pad recharges the electronic wearable device when connected to a recharging component that is placed on top of the electronic wearable device. ### Claim 7 An electronic wearable device, comprising: a collection well adjacent to an electrode pad used to recharge the electronic wearable device, wherein an insulated material is positioned between the collection well and the electrode pad, and wherein the collection well is positioned at a lower elevation on the electronic wearable device relative to the top surface of the electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging with a recharging component ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises a plurality of collection wells, wherein the collection well is positioned adjacent to the electrode pad on a first side of the electrode pad, and wherein a second collection well is positioned adjacent to both the electrode pad on a second side of the electrode pad and adjacent to a second electrode pad. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electronic wearable device of claim 7, further comprising an elevated surface between the electrode pad and a second electrode pad wherein a collection well is formed between the elevated surface and the electrode pad and between the elevated surface and a second electrode pad. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electronic wearable device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of at least one of the electrode pad and the insulated area comprises a non-planar top surface slanting downward toward the bottom of the collection well. ### Claim 11 An electronic wearable device, comprising: a first and second electrode pad to recharge the electronic wearable device when connected to a recharging component; and a collection well adjacent to an insulated portion of at least one of the first and second electrode pad, wherein the inner bottom portion of the collection well is in a relative lower position than the top surface of the adjacent electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging, and wherein the collection well is positioned to collect fluid runoff from the adjacent electrode pad when the electronic wearable device is positioned for recharging. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic wearable device of claim 11, wherein the top surface of the at least one of the adjacent electrode pad and the insulated portion is a non-planar surface to promote fluid runoff into the adjacent collection well. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic wearable device of claim 11, further comprising: an elevated surface between the first and second electrode pad, and wherein at least one of the collection well or a second collection well is formed adjacent to the elevated surface between the elevated surface and the first and second electrode pads. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic wearable device of claim 11, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises at least one of: a watch, piece of jewelry, and fitness tracking device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The electronic wearable device of claim 11, wherein the electronic wearable device comprises three collection well areas, wherein a first collection well area is adjacent to the first electrode pad, the second collection well area is adjacent to the second electrode pad, and the third collection well area is between the first and second electrode pad.