US 11,740,591 B2
Electronic watch with barometric vent
Jiahui Liang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Shannon X. Yang, Santa Clara, CA (US); William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US); Mandeep Gill, Cupertino, CA (US); Jeanny Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US); William S. Lee, Fremont, CA (US); Stephen P. Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US); Rex T. Ehman, Cupertino, CA (US); Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Nikolas T. Vitt, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Trevor J. Ness, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,066.
Application 17/741,066 is a continuation of application No. 16/291,216, filed on Mar. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,334,032.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,163, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0269221 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G04G 21/02 (2010.01); G04G 17/08 (2006.01); G04G 21/08 (2010.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G04G 21/02 (2013.01) [G04G 17/08 (2013.01); G04G 21/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 2201/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic watch comprising:
a housing having a wall, the wall defining:
an interior surface at least partially defining a chamber within the housing;
an exterior surface of the housing;
a recess along the exterior surface of the housing, the recess configured to accept at least a portion of a band; and
a passage extending from the interior surface of the housing to the recess and configured to draw liquid from the chamber within the housing to the recess along the exterior surface of the housing.