Samsung patents weighted rubber mix for wearable device straps
Samsung has filed a patent for a specific rubber mixture used in the parts of wearable devices that touch your skin. The blend combines a durable rubber called HNBR with heavy mineral particles to make the material denser than standard rubber.
In the filing’s own words
A composition for a body contact component of a wearable device, a body contact component of a wearable device, a strap of a wearable device, and a method of manufacturing a body contact component of a wearable device are provided. The composition for a body contact component of a wearable device includes hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), and a high-specific-gravity inorganic additive, wherein the composition has a specific gravity in a range of 1.5 to 2.0.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A composition for a body contact component of a wearable device, the composition comprising: hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR); and a high-specific gravity inorganic additive, wherein the composition has a specific gravity in a range of 1.5 to 2.0.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- COMPOSITION FOR BODY CONTACT COMPONENT OF WEARABLE DEVICE AND BODY CONTACT COMPONENT OF WEARABLE DEVICE USING SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260327353A1
- Application number
- 19696776
- Filed
- Jun 3, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
C08F 8/04 Chemistry & metalsC08J 7/0427 Chemistry & metalsC08K 3/30 Chemistry & metalsC08J 2315/00 Chemistry & metalsC08J 2483/04 Chemistry & metalsC08K 2003/3045 Chemistry & metalsMore from Samsung 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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