US 12,353,062 B2
Magnetic coupling for eyewear
Solomon White, Collingdale, PA (US); and Paul Danowski, Marlton, NJ (US)
Filed by Solomon White, Collingdale, PA (US); and Paul Danowski, Marlton, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,394.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,445, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075207 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G02C 5/22 (2006.01); G02C 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 5/2209 (2013.01) [G02C 5/20 (2013.01); G02C 2200/02 (2013.01); G02C 2200/08 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic coupling system for eyewear, the system comprising:
a frame of the eyewear
an arm of the eyewear; and
a hinge coupling the frame to the arm, the hinge comprising (i) a magnetic bearing compartment comprising:
a) an opening;
b) a first pair of magnetic pole pieces contained within the magnetic bearing compartment, the first pair of magnetic pole pieces being positioned within the opening with magnetic poles of like polarity oriented proximate to each other such that the first pair of magnetic pole pieces magnetically repel each other within the magnetic bearing compartment, the first pair of magnetic pole pieces being kept within the magnetic bearing compartment by a pair of end lips of the magnetic bearing compartment;
(ii) a second pair of magnetic pole pieces, mounted to at least one of the frame and the arm, the second pair of magnetic pole pieces being mounted with magnetic poles oriented such that the first pair of magnetic poles pieces are magnetically attracted to the second pair of magnetic pole pieces by mounting of the magnetic bearing compartment between the second pair of magnetic pole pieces, such that the first pair of magnetic pole pieces and the second pair of magnetic pole pieces magnetically attract each other to magnetically couple the frame to the arm; and
wherein a T-hinge structure is mounted to at least one of the frame and the arm, the T-hinge structure comprising a horizontal arm oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the arm on the frame, and a vertical arm oriented parallel to the axis of rotation; and
the first pair of magnetic pole pieces being contained within an opening in the vertical arm of the T-hinge structure.