US 11,947,390 B2
Eyewear device charging case
John Bernard Ardisana, II, Torrance, CA (US); Emily Lauren Clopp, Santa Monica, CA (US); Teodor Dabov, Los Angeles, CA (US); Mathias Hintermann, Playa Vista, CA (US); Jinwoo Kim, Culver City, CA (US); Jun Lin, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); and Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Playa Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by John Bernard Ardisana, II, Torrance, CA (US); Emily Lauren Clopp, Santa Monica, CA (US); Teodor Dabov, Los Angeles, CA (US); Mathias Hintermann, Playa Vista, CA (US); Jinwoo Kim, Culver City, CA (US); Jun Lin, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); and Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Playa Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,030.
Application 17/682,030 is a continuation of application No. 16/448,051, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,322,959.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,801, filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0181896 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/04 (2006.01); A45C 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 33/05 (2006.01); H01R 33/94 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [A45C 11/04 (2013.01); A45C 15/00 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 33/05 (2013.01); H01R 33/94 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device, the case comprising:
a body defining an opening leading to a storage chamber that is sized for retaining the eyewear device;
a cover depending from the body that is movable between an open position, in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the cover;
a battery for charging the electronics-enabled eyewear device; and
a power connector mounted in the storage chamber, the power connector including one or more spring-loaded charging contacts for engagement with one or more complementary charging contacts on the eyewear device, the spring-loaded charging contacts being conductively connected to the battery to enable charging of the eyewear device via the charging contacts, the power connector further comprises a magnet positioned adjacent the spring-loaded contacts for engagement with a complementary magnet on the eyewear device,
wherein a magnetic force between the magnets of the power connector and the eyewear device is greater than a spring force of the spring-loaded contacts to ensure that the one or more spring-loaded charging contacts remain engaged with the one or more complementary contacts on the eyewear device.