Buckle apparatus for wearable device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSangin Baek
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Abstract
A buckle apparatus for a wearable device may include a main body of the wearable device; a band for wearing the main body on a user's wrist; and a buckle assembly including a cover part to which a first end of the band is coupled and a coupling part in which a second end of the band is inserted into and maintained. The cover part includes upper and lower covers coupled to each other to form rails, and the coupling part includes first and second link pieces hingedly coupled to each other and is assembled to the lower portion of the cover part.
Claims19
A buckle apparatus for a wearable device, comprising:
- a main body;
- a band for providing the main body to be adapted on a wrist;
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- a buckle assembly comprising a cover part to which a first end of the band is coupled and a coupling part in which a second end of the band is inserted into and maintained in, wherein the cover part comprises an upper cover and a lower cover coupled to each other to form rails, and the coupling part comprises first and second link pieces hingedly coupled to each other and is assembled to a lower portion of the cover part, wherein the upper cover comprises a band fixing part into which the first end of the band is inserted, a spring accommodating part formed to accommodate a spring therein, and a screw-fastening part.
A buckle apparatus for a wearable device, comprising:
- a main body;
- a band for providing the main body to be adapted on a wrist;
- a buckle assembly including a cover part to which a first end of the band is coupled and a coupling part in which a second end of the band is inserted into and maintained in, wherein the cover part comprises an upper cover and a lower cover coupled to each other to form rails, and the coupling part comprises first and second link pieces hingedly coupled to each other and is assembled to a lower portion of the cover part;
- a sliding locking part having a sliding assembly for locking sliding of the cover part;
- a plate spring cooperating with the sliding assembly to cause a stopper to move down when the sliding assembly slides in a first direction and to move up when the sliding assembly slides in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
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- a spring for pressing the sliding assembly in one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.