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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean Jason Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
David R. Perek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Garett Andrew Ochs, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Raymond King, Redmond, WA (US);
Vincenzo Casasanta, III, Woodinville, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A wearable device comprises one or more deformable signaling pathways wherein each deformable signaling pathway is configured to enable an electrical connection between two devices electrically connected to each other via the deformable signaling pathway. Deformable signaling pathways enable the conduction of electrical signals between various circuit elements similar to one or more circuit elements such as electronic traces or wires. A deformable signaling pathway includes one or more conductive elements surrounded by a conductive gel. Both the conductive gel and the one or more conductive elements are encased in an elastomeric shell. The elastomeric shell is attached to terminals (e.g., one on either end). The one or more connectors are attached to one another such that the one or more connectors span the length of the elastomeric shell and form a low resistance contact between the terminals of the deformable signaling pathway.