US 12,287,485 B2
Optical module for head-mounted device
Ivan S. Maric, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jan K. Quijalvo, Mississauga (CA); Anna V. Mirabella, Palo Alto, CA (US); Wey-Jiun Lin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US); Forrest C. Wang, Petaluma, CA (US); Marinus Meursing, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Blake N. Trekell, San Francisco, CA (US); and Aidan N. Zimmerman, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,767.
Application 18/380,767 is a continuation of application No. 16/904,602, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,822,081.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,396, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045213 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/62 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/62 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical module for a head-mounted device that is configured to present content to a user, the optical module comprising:
an optical module housing assembly that includes a first portion that is connected to a second portion; and
a lens that is configured to be connected to the optical module housing assembly between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein the lens is retained by securing a projection of the lens in a channel between an inner surface of the first portion of the optical module housing assembly and an outer surface of the second portion of the optical module housing assembly along an optical axis.