US 12,066,861 B1
Nosepiece for head-mountable device
Claire E. Dalke, Foster City, CA (US); Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Liam R. Martinez, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,037.
Application 18/210,037 is a continuation of application No. 17/326,193, filed on May 20, 2021, granted, now 11,714,453.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,471, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02C 5/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [G02C 5/122 (2013.01); G02C 5/126 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0158 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
a frame having an outer side and an inner side; and
a nosepiece coupled to the inner side of the frame, the nosepiece comprising:
a pair of posts, wherein the posts are configured to tilt away from each other upon application of a torque;
a pair of arms, each of the arms rotatable about a corresponding one of the posts; and
biasing elements configured to rotatably bias the arms toward each other, wherein the biasing elements comprise magnets configured to repel each other upon rotation of the corresponding one of the arms to a rotated configuration.