US 12,259,594 B2
Electrical connector in eyewear
John Bernard Ardisana, II, Torrance, CA (US); Yoav Ben-Haim, Venice, CA (US); Teodor Dabov, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Varun Sehrawat, Playa Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/711,133.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,064, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0233238 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/14 (2006.01); H01R 13/443 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 11/10 (2013.01) [G02C 5/14 (2013.01); H01R 13/443 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); G02C 2200/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyewear comprising:
a frame configured to support an optical element, wherein the frame has a first side and a second side;
a first hinge connected to the first side of the frame;
a temple connected by the first hinge to the first side of the frame, the temple comprising a second portion and a first portion defining a hollow passage that is sized and shaped to slidably receive the second portion along a longitudinal insertion axis into the hollow passage, the temple having a concealed state characterized by the second portion at least partly inserted into the passage and an exposed state characterized by the second portion at least partly withdrawn from the passage,
wherein the hollow passage comprises one or more outer walls;
a channel extending through at least one of the one or more outer walls and parallel to the longitudinal insertion axis;
a prong extending from the second portion toward and at least partially into the channel, wherein the prong defines an axis of rotation orthogonal to the longitudinal insertion axis, and wherein the prong is sized and shaped to be slidably engaged within the channel, such that the prong and the channel cooperate to restrain the second portion to linear movement parallel to the longitudinal insertion axis when the temple is in the concealed state,
wherein the prong and the channel cooperate to mechanically couple the second portion to the first portion when the temple is in either the concealed state or the exposed state, and
wherein, when the temple is in the exposed state, the prong permits rotation of the second portion relative to the first portion about the axis of rotation; and
an electrical connector embedded within the first portion of the temple, such that the electrical connector is concealed from an exterior of the eyewear in the concealed state of the temple when the second portion covers the electrical connector embedded within the first portion, and such that the electrical connector is exposed from the exterior of the eyewear in the exposed state of the temple when the second portion is rotated about the prong and the second portion does not cover the electrical connector embedded within the first portion.