US 12,455,459 B2
Head-mounted device and headband
Chih-Yao Chang, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/767,993.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/535,080, filed on Aug. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0076666 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
a host, having two connecting parts located on opposite sides; and
a headband, having two connecting ends located on opposite sides, wherein the connecting ends are detachably and rotatably connected to the connecting parts, a first buckle part of each of the connecting ends is rotatably buckled with a second buckle part of a corresponding one of the connecting parts, and when the headband rotates to a detachable position relative to the host, the first buckle parts are separated from the second buckle parts,
wherein the each of the connecting ends comprises a housing, a first buckle member, and a turntable, the first buckle member is disposed in the housing, the first buckle member is configured to move relative to the housing in an axial direction, the first buckle part of the first buckle member is configured to protrude from the housing and buckle the corresponding second buckle part, the first buckle part of the first buckle member is also configured to retract into the housing and separate from the corresponding second buckle part, the turntable is rotatably connected to the first buckle member, the first buckle member is configured to move relative to the turntable in the axial direction, and a third buckle part of the turntable is configured to buckle a fourth buckle part of the corresponding one of the connecting parts, such that the turntable cannot rotate relative to the connecting part,
wherein a surface of the turntable facing the first buckle member has an arc-shaped groove, a surface of the first buckle member facing the turntable has an arc-shaped protruding rib, when the headband rotates to the detachable position relative to the host, the arc-shaped protruding rib slides into the arc-shaped groove and the first buckle part retracts into the housing, and when the headband leaves the detachable position relative to the host, the arc-shaped protruding rib keeps the turntable away from the first buckle member, such that the first buckle part protrudes from the housing.