Patent ID: 9600030
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,H05K

Claim:
1. An annular wearable electronic device having a circumference that is variable in a dimension, the annular wearable electronic device comprising: a first pod structure positioned at least approximately on the circumference of the annular wearable electronic device, wherein the first pod structure includes electric circuitry; a second pod structure positioned at least approximately on the circumference of the annular wearable electronic device, wherein the second pod structure includes electric circuitry and wherein the first pod structure and the second pod structure are physically separated from one another by a first distance at least approximately along the circumference of the annular wearable electronic device; and a first adaptive coupler positioned at least approximately on the circumference of the annular wearable electronic device, wherein the first adaptive coupler provides both electrically conductive coupling and adaptive physical coupling between the first pod structure and the second pod structure, and wherein the first adaptive coupler comprises: at least a first electrically conductive pathway that is electrically conductively coupled to both the electric circuitry of the first pod structure and the electric circuitry of the second pod structure; and a first elastomer band that is physically coupled to both the first pod structure and the second pod structure, wherein at least a portion of the first electrically conductive pathway extends through an inner volume of the first elastomer band, and wherein a length of the first elastomer band that couples in between the first pod structure and the second pod structure is greater than the first distance and includes at least one semi-rigidly set change in direction.