Patent ID: 9408316
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A wearable electronic device comprising: a first pod structure that includes electrical circuitry; a second pod structure that includes electrical circuitry; a first adaptive coupler that provides adaptive physical coupling between the first pod structure and the second pod structure; a first set of electrically conductive pathways to in use provide electrical coupling between the electrical circuitry of the first pod structure and the electrical circuitry of the second pod structure; and a first strain mitigation system to in use mitigate strain on the first set of electrically conductive pathways, the first strain mitigation system comprising a first guide structure that is physically coupled to the first pod structure and projects at least partially over the electrical circuitry of the second pod structure, wherein a respective first portion of each electrically conductive pathway in the first set of electrically conductive pathways extends across a length of the first guide structure wherein the first set of electrically conductive pathways includes a first flexible printed circuit board; and wherein the first guide structure includes a first surface, an edge, and a second surface opposite the first surface, and wherein a first portion of the first flexible printed circuit board extends across a length of the first surface of the first guide structure, a second portion of the first flexible printed circuit board bends around the edge of the first guide structure, and a third portion of the first flexible printed circuit board extends across at least a portion of a length of the second surface of the first guide structure.