US 11,983,034 B1
Wearable electronic device and compliant interface therefor
Dustin A. Hatfield, Los Gatos, CA (US); Daniel J. Spence, Pacifica, CA (US); Lee M. Panecki, San Francisco, CA (US); and Cameron A. Harder, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Dustin A. Hatfield, Los Gatos, CA (US); Daniel J. Spence, Pacifica, CA (US); Lee M. Panecki, San Francisco, CA (US); and Cameron A. Harder, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/934,665.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,906, filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3475 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3481 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display unit comprising:
a display module; and
a compliant interface coupled to the display module and including a three-dimensional lattice structure that is compressible with a variable compliance according to a compliance characteristic of the three-dimensional lattice structure to conform to one or more of a facial feature or an upper cranial feature of a user wearing the head-mounted display unit.