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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8376759 | Connectors for E-textiles A connector for an e-textile that has conductors that define a conductive layer of the e-textile includes a terminal subassembly that has terminals configured to be electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile. The terminal subassembly has an ... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8328563 | Electrocardiograph and blood pressure signals simulator System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller and/or digital-to-analog converters may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmabl... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8308489 | Electrical garment and electrical garment and article assemblies Electrical garments and components for use in electrical garments are provided. A communication medium of various forms is integrated into a garment seam that is used to join two or more portions of a garment. The communication media can be used to provide electrica... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8226420 | Wrist worn electronic device with belt embedded with sensor A wrist worn electronic device includes a main body having a processor and a receiving member electrically connected to the processor. A belt includes an electronic component and a connection member electrically connected to the electronic component. The connection ... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8157570 | Power connection socket unit sewed on fabric This invention relates to a power connection socket unit sewed on fabric, which is mainly sewed onto clothing or fabric object in need of connecting to power source. The socket unit has a holder for wrapping over the power connection socket and a combination sheet e... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7806698 | Edge card connector assembly with high-speed terminals A surface mount connector for high speed data transfer application has an insulative housing with a vertically-oriented circuit card-receiving slot disposed along a front face thereof. A plurality of conductive terminals are supported by the housing so that contact ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7753686 | Velcro connector The present invention relates to a velcro connector, which uses a hook of a velcro tape attached to a garment, etc. and a loop to transfer electric signals by being electrically connected upon coupling the hook and the loop. With the present invention, the difficult... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753685 | Self-identifying electrical connector An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments ar... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7670144 | Conductive layer, manufacturing method of the same, and signal transmission substrate There is provided a method of manufacturing a conductive layer of in a signal transmission substrate. The method includes sewing conductive thread in sheet-like material having an insulating property so as to form one of a plurality of low resistance regions using t... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7658612 | Body conformable electrical network An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7618260 | Wearable modular interface strap A wearable modular interface strap device for supporting multiple module units comprising a flexible strap with a plurality of electrically connected nodes acting as docking points to serial bus interface and mechanically connect removable modules, with the strap be... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7559768 | Modular wearable circuit A modular wearable circuit suitable for demonstrating basic principles and/or concepts of electronics and electronic components by providing any number of the garments that can cooperate as a set to define a variety of different circuits capable of performing electr... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7476104 | Fabric interconnect There is provided a fabric interconnect comprising a portion of a garment manufactured to contain a seamless tube-like elastic chamber to enable insertion of an electronic device having a conductive portion, wherein the chamber has a first inner surface that is subs... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7462035 | Electrical connector configured as a fastening element An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments ar... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455525 | Continuous flexible band housing a memory device A data storage device is disclosed. The data storage device includes a continuous band, and a memory device assembly disposes within the continuous band. The continuous band defines an internal housing recess formed by opposing sides extending between first and seco... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448874 | Apparatus and method to monitor body temperature An apparatus is provided which is made of a garment having at least one connector to receive an electronic transmission module and an electronic monitor configured to remotely receive and control electronic transmission from the electronic transmission module. The g... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7413470 | Modular assembly of memory module packages A modular linking assembly of memory module packages primarily comprises a plurality of memory module components and at least a flexible connector. A plurality of USB contact fingers and a plurality of expanding fingers are formed on two opposing sides of the outer ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7356952 | System for coupling package displays to remote power source A merchandising system having a power distribution device associated with a package support system, and a package having a sensory output such as an image display capable of using power, data and/or signals provided from the power distribution device to produce a de... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344379 | Magnetic electrical interconnect A garment 20 includes magnetic interconnects 21 which serve to form mechanical connections to close garment 20 as well as to form electrical connections, for example, between power source 4 and a device 7. Interconnects 21 a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338289 | Electrical connector assembly having improved necklace cable An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a body portion defining a receiving space, a connector (200) assembled into the receiving space, a necklace cable (7′) attached to the body portion, an earpiece (73) with a connecting cabl... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331817 | Mobile device with coupling arrangement An arrangement includes a first connector coupled to a first device and a second connector coupled to a second device. A cable connects the first and second connectors. At least a portion of the cable forms a substantially oval-shaped coil. At least one of the first... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300201 | Wristwatch and coupling assembly for releasably joining a wristwatch case to a wristband The new wristwatch includes a wristwatch case including top and bottom parts and a watch movement within the case, a wristband including top and bottom band segments, each band segment having a first end part for engagement to the case and an opposite end part for e... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299964 | Method and apparatus to create electrical junctions for information routing in textile structures Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to exp... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297002 | Stacked rotary connector assembly using a split ring configuration An improved stacked rotary connector assembly wherein each connector comprises a pair of rings and the rings of each rotary connector thereof are individually split and mechanically separable. Because the input and output rings are each split and separable, any one ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7254909 | Article of footwear with retractable protrusion An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole assembly secured to the upper. At least one recess is formed in the sole assembly, and a retractable protrusion is positioned in each recess. The protrusion is configured to be contained substantially within an ext... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230206 | Battery operated heated jacket A battery operated heated jacket, with removable body and sleeves and hood, the jacket with a removable liner, the liner further detachable from itself at the attachment of the sleeves and the hood, the attachment comprised of quick connects, the jacket comprised of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229307 | Return pad cable connector An electrosurgical system is provided which includes an electrosurgical energy source; a return pad including a conductive surface; and a return pad cable connector selectively connectable to the electrosurgical generator. The return pad cable connector includes a c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210939 | Conductive buttonhole interconnect A wearable garment incorporates a manual interconnect device, so that a user wearing the garment can operate the interconnect device by coupling a connector, which is in turn coupled to a power source or external electronic device. Through a releasable locking actio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175339 | Electronic object of small dimensions capable of being worn on the wrist The present invention concerns a portable object such as a timepiece (18) capable of being worn on a user's wrist by means of a wristband, this portable object being supplied with electric power by at least one rechargeable accumulator able to be recharged by... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161106 | Switching device for flexible material A switching device for use on flexible material includes a core member configured to be secured to and extend outwardly from a flexible material, a switch supported by the core member, and a cover. The switch is configured to be operably connected to an electrical d... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7138604 | Ceramic device, sensor device, method of making the same, and method for sensing gas A sensor may comprise a first electrode and a second electrode in mutual ionic communication with an electrolyte, a first socket disposed near a rear portion of a sensor element, a first lead disposed in electrical communication with the first electrode and in physi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7118380 | Connector arrangement in wrist strap monitors A connector assembly for a wriststrap jack is provided wherein the jack may be easily replaced in accordance with the invention. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104715 | Deployable keyboard device including displaceable keybutton positions for portable miniature electronic devices In a miniature keyboard, keybuttons may shift their relative positions from a relatively smaller array when stored to deployment which results in a relatively larger array for active keyboard use. An application for this positional adjustment is the use of the keybo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085120 | Self-disengaging wearable grounding device The invention is a grounding device that grounds the wearer when the wearer is in a designated area and automatically disengages when the wearer leaves the designated area. In more detail, the grounding device includes a wristband that is electrically coupled to a g... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066761 | Return pad cable connector An electrosurgical system is provided which includes an electrosurgical energy source; a return pad including a conductive surface; and a return pad cable connector selectively connectable to the electrosurgical generator. The return pad cable connector includes a c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7027359 | Watch including in the back of its case an electronic module for storing information The invention relates to watches, generally wristwatches, whose cases incorporate electronic modules for storing information that comprise an integrated circuit connected to an antenna consisting of a coil and are able to communicate by radio signals with a reading ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025596 | Method and apparatus for solder-less attachment of an electronic device to a textile circuit A method and apparatus form electrical connections between electronic circuits and conductive threads (102, 104, 106, 108) that are interwoven into textile material (130). Electronic circuits (128), such as semiconductor dies, are connected to a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019702 | Portable object comprising a wristband provided with electrical connection means through the case, electrical contact flange for said object, and mounting method for said flange The portable object (1) comprises a case (2, 3) containing at least one electronic circuit (11), a wristband (4, 5) attached to the case, and electrical connection means (8) for electrically connecting at least one conductive track... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004582 | Electronically enabled eyewear A wearable audio interface includes a support for positioning the plurality of speakers juxtaposed to and spaced from the ears of a wearer. The audio device can include wireless networking electronics so as to allow the device to interact with other wireless network... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6960016 | Wristband or bracelet adjustable in length, in particular a watchband, including an electrical conductor embedded in its thickness There is disclosed a wristband for a portable electronic instrument including at least a first wristband strand (50) including outer and inner faces and one end (50A) of which is intended to be fixed to a case of a portable electronic instrument, this ... | 11/01/2005 |
