Fitbit, Inc.

Blackberry Corporation

Patrick James Markan

Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean Riot

Jeffrey Andrew Fisher

Derek Jenchia Loh

Anthony Gerald Kern

Alexander Joseph Ringrose

Bernhard Wildner

Irina Igorevna Kozlovskaya

Junyong Park

Kenneth S M Ling

Stephen Ronald Smilovitz

Yu Chuan Kang

Gadi Amit

Daniel J Clifton

Erik Keith Askin

Yonghua Wei

Kevin Li

Christos Kinezos Ioannou

Paul John Kudrna

Benjamin Michael Finney

Allen Yu-Li Wang

Teemu Taneli Raafael Kaiponen

Kenneth Sm Ling

Smart watch

Wrist wearable fitness tracker

Removable band for a watch body

A low-profile band latch mechanism that is configured to connect a wristband to a fitness tracker or other wrist-wearable device is provided.

Low-profile band latch mechanism

Smart watch with health monitor sensor

Body of smart watch with health monitor sensor

A wearable computing device can include a monopole-excited slot antenna formed by a gap between a housing (such as a highly conductive housing) and a bracket (such as a highly conductive bracket) within the highly conductive housing and by a back cavity between the highly conductive bracket and the PCB. The antenna configuration can include a monopole antenna electrically coupled to a printed circuit board and a slot antenna that is excited through coupled electromagnetic fields. The highly conductive bracket is positioned near a display window of the device, mostly below and partially enclosing a battery. The highly conductive bracket is positioned above the printed circuit board. This configuration allows for a relatively small dead band in the display window, a larger battery, compact and mechanically simple configuration, and superior water resistance.

Methods for slot antenna design for wearable electronic devices and conductive housings

Set of bands for a fitness tracker

Set of removable bands for a body of a watch

Growing community of inventors

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Patrick James Markan