Meta patents wearable design that protects sensors with heat-resistant shields
Meta describes a method for embedding sensors inside a wearable device by covering them with a heat-resistant shield material. The design uses small holes in the outer layer to allow the sensors to detect data while keeping them protected within the device's body.
In the filing’s own words
A wearable device including one or more sensors and one or more through-holes extending from an exterior portion of the first material to an interior portion of the first material where the one or more sensors are embedded is described. The wearable device includes a first material. The wearable device further includes a shield material, the shield material having a heat tolerance greater than a heat tolerance of the first material. The wearable device further includes one or more sensors positioned beneath the shield material and embedded within an overmolded portion of the first material. The wearable device further includes a through-hole, extending from an exterior portion of the first material to an interior portion of the first material where the one or more sensors are embedded, wherein the one or more sensors detect data via the through-hole.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wearable device comprising: a first material; a shield material, the shield material having a heat tolerance greater than a heat tolerance of the first material; one or more sensors positioned beneath the shield material and embedded within an overmolded portion of the first material; and a through-hole, extending from an exterior portion of the first material to an interior portion of the first material where the one or more sensors are embedded, wherein the one or more sensors detect data via the through-hole.
Facts
- Company
- Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
- Official title
- DESIGNS FOR ENCAPSULATING SENSOR COMPONENTS WITH OPENINGS FOR OPERATION AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260319276A1
- Application number
- 19635333
- Filed
- Mar 31, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 10
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G02C 11/10 Physics & computingH04R 1/028 Electricity & electronicsH04R 1/08 Electricity & electronicsH04R 2499/15 Electricity & electronicsMore from Meta in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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