US 11,721,881 B2
Hybrid antenna system for wearable devices
Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Playa Vista, CA (US); Pat Kusbel, Longmont, CO (US); Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Ugur Olgun, Venice, CA (US); Russell Douglas Patton, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, Downey, CA (US); John Bernard Ardisana, II, Torrance, CA (US); Teodor Dabov, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,704.
Application 17/351,704 is a continuation of application No. 16/257,011, filed on Jan. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,063,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/638,671, filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/621,482, filed on Jan. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399405 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H01Q 9/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/22 (2013.01) [G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/26 (2013.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eyewear device comprising:
a body comprising:
an eyewear frame configured to hold one or more eyewear lenses, and
a pair of temples that, in a wearable configuration, project rearwards from the eyewear frame for supporting the eyewear frame within view of a user during wear of the eyewear device;
onboard electronics incorporated in the eyewear device;
an antenna system coupled to the onboard electronics for wireless signal transception to and/or from the onboard electronics; and
a lens retainer comprising an electrically conductive element extending circumferentially along an associated one of the one or more eyewear lenses, the lens retainer being selectively disposable between:
a locked condition in which the lens retainer is engaged with the associated eyewear lens to resist removal thereof from the eyewear frame, and
a released condition in which removal and replacement of the associated eyewear lens is permitted,
wherein the lens retainer is conductively coupled to the onboard electronics to provide a driven antenna element forming part of the antenna system.