US 11,949,466 B1
Band identifier system for wearable devices
Daniel J. Hiemstra, San Jose, CA (US); Tengxing Wang, Foster City, CA (US); Erik G. De Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Zaki Moustafa, Palo Alto, CA (US); Xinping Zeng, San Jose, CA (US); Vincent Chauvin, San Francisco, CA (US); and Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,895.
Application 18/132,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/883,421, filed on Aug. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,652,509.
Application 17/883,421 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,660, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,611,372, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,076, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,527, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04B 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); G04G 17/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04B 5/0025 (2013.01) [A44C 5/00 (2013.01); A44C 5/0007 (2013.01); G04G 17/04 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H04B 5/0081 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a housing that at least partially defines an internal cavity;
a recess on an edge of the housing; and
an identifier component that is configured obtain a characteristic of a strap for the wearable electronic device when a portion of the strap is within the recess, wherein the identifier component comprises an interface component that is disposed in an opening in the housing, that comprises an outer surface that forms a portion of a surface of the recess, and that is configured to seal the internal cavity against a predetermined amount of fluid pressure on the outer surface of the interface component.