发明名称 Watch display using light sources with a translucent cover
摘要 A display assembly includes a display selectively displaying human-readable indicia on a face thereof and a cover disposed over the display. The cover has a homogeneous surface over the entire face of the display. The display assembly is controllable between an inactive state and an active state. In the inactive state, the face of the display is not viewable through the cover, and in the active state, the indicia are viewable through the cover.
申请公布号 US9618908(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.04.11
申请号 US201414258324 申请日期 2014.04.22
申请人 NIKE, Inc. 发明人 Clarkson Brad N.;Andren Bo Stefan
分类号 G04G17/04;G04G17/08;G09F9/33;G09F13/22;G04G21/00 主分类号 G04G17/04
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. A display assembly comprising: a band having a top portion and curved sides configured to wrap around a wrist or arm of a user to permit the assembly to be worn by the user; an electronic module comprising a computer component and configured for wireless communication with an external device, the electronic module further comprising a plurality of light-emitting devices forming a display controlled by the computer component and configured for selectively displaying human-readable indicia, the display being operable between an active state and an inactive state, wherein each of the light-emitting devices is configured to emit light when in the active state; a cover comprising a flexible material disposed over a face of the display and covering all of the plurality of light-emitting devices, such that the flexible material forms an outermost surface of the display assembly, wherein the flexible material is sufficiently flexible to be bent to an angle of greater than 90 degrees without permanent deformation or fracture, the flexible material having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the cover further having a first plurality of conduits extending from the inner surface of the cover toward the outer surface through a portion of a thickness of the cover, wherein the first plurality of conduits are spaced from each other on the cover, and wherein each of the first plurality of conduits is substantially aligned with one of the plurality of light-emitting devices; and a rigid shell positioned between the face of the display and the inner surface of the cover, the shell comprising a front piece and a back piece configured to form an enclosure configured to hold the electronic module, wherein the shell includes a second plurality of conduits spaced from each other on the shell, such that each of the second plurality of conduits corresponds to one of the first plurality of conduits and the flexible material covers all of the second plurality of conduits, and wherein a filling material is provided within a portion of each of the second plurality of conduits, wherein the filling material provided within a portion of each of the second plurality of conduits is interconnected, such that a layer of filling material is formed below an inner surface of the front piece of the shell, and wherein the filling material forms spaced columns extending from the layer of filling material into the second plurality of conduits.
地址 Beaverton OR US