US 12,235,459 B1
Collapsible head-mountable device
Ronit K. Gandhi, Cupertino, CA (US); James W. Vandyke, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan C. Atler, Mountain View, CA (US); Yoonhoo Jo, San Francisco, CA (US); Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Claire E. Dalke, Foster City, CA (US); and Ivan S. Maric, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,555, filed on Jul. 8, 2020.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
a frame;
a display element supported by the frame; and
a light seal module comprising:
an outer chassis portion;
an inner chassis portion;
hinge segments pivotably coupled to each other at first ends and pivotably coupled to either the outer chassis portion or the inner chassis portion at second ends, wherein the first ends of the hinge segments are coupled together by a hinge;
a spring biasing the second ends of the hinge segments towards each other;
a cover extending between the outer chassis portion and the inner chassis portion; and
a lever extending from the hinge and through the cover, the lever being moveable to adjust a position of the hinge with respect to the first ends of the hinge segments.