US 11,885,965 B1
Head-mounted display and display modules thereof
Ivan S. Maric, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jan K. Quijalvo, Mississauga (CA); and Marinus Meursing, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Ivan S. Maric, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jan K. Quijalvo, Mississauga (CA); and Marinus Meursing, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/011,354.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,207, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0132 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display comprising:
a housing;
two display modules coupled to the housing, each of the two display modules comprising:
a display for outputting light that forms graphical content;
a lens for refracting the light output by the display;
an eye illuminator having a light-emitting diode, a flexible circuit, and a stiffener, wherein the light-emitting diode is coupled to an upper surface of the flexible circuit, and the stiffener is a structural component that is laminated to a bottom surface of the flexible circuit with one or fewer layers of adhesive, the lens being removably coupled to the display indirectly by the stiffener; and
a head support coupled to the housing for supporting the housing on a head of a user with the two display modules positioned to provide the graphical content to eyes of the user.