US 11,698,542 B2
Eyewear device hinge assembly
Emily Lauren Clopp, Santa Monica, CA (US); Jun Lin, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Stephen Andrew Steger, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Nicholas Daniel Streets, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/362,250.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,057, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0293969 A1, Sep. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. G02C 5/22 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 11/10 (2013.01) [G02C 5/22 (2013.01); G02C 5/10 (2013.01); G02C 2200/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing assembly comprising:
a housing defining a housing cavity for holding electronics components, the housing including a housing wall that defines a mounting hole extending transversely therethrough, the housing wall having an outer side and having an opposite inner side which borders the housing cavity;
a hinge member mounted at least partially in the mounting hole, the hinge member being of one-piece construction and comprising a hinge formation projecting from the outer side of the housing wall for connection to a complementary hinge formation to form a hinge mechanism, the hinge member being anchored against axial movement through the mounting hole towards the inner side; and
an anchor plate located on the inner side of the housing wall, the anchor plate being transverse to the mounting hole and being connected to the hinge member such that axial movement of the hinge formation away from the outer side of the housing wall is resisted by obstruction of the anchor plate by the housing wall.