US 12,422,683 B2
Active cooling for head-mounted display
David J. Dunsmoor, San Jose, CA (US); Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sivesh Selvakumar, San Francisco, CA (US); and Trevor J. Ness, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/487,273, filed on Feb. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/408,258, filed on Sep. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094547 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20181 (2013.01); H05K 7/20209 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display configured to be worn on a face, comprising:
a housing;
a facial interface comprising a porous structure having a plurality of perforations, the facial interface coupled to a rear portion of the housing and configured to engage with the face;
a component chamber defined in the housing;
a passage formed in the housing, the passage having an inlet adjacent to the facial interface and an outlet positioned adjacent to the component chamber to enable an air flow between the facial interface and the component chamber; and
a fan located in the component chamber and configured to create the air flow from the face through the facial interface, wherein the air flow is directed within the facial interface to the passage formed in the housing.