US 11,894,704 B2
Environment-integrated smart ring charger
Kenneth Jason Sanchez, San Francisco, CA (US); Theobolt N. Leung, San Francisco, CA (US); and Eric Dahl, Newman Lake, WA (US)
Assigned to BLUEOWL, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by BlueOwl, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,576.
Application 17/937,576 is a continuation of application No. 16/929,641, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,123, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,391, filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027131 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A44C 9/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 7/0042 (2013.01) [A44C 9/0053 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart ring comprising:
a ring-shaped housing;
a power source disposed within or at the ring-shaped housing and configured to receive energy from a charging source;
a controller disposed within or at the ring-shaped housing and configured to estimate a charging rate at which the power source receives the energy from the charging source; and
one or more input/output (I/O) components including a user interface disposed within or at the ring-shaped housing and configured to indicate when the charging rate is above a threshold.