Apparatus, systems, and methods for magnetically detachable head-mounted-display strap interfaces

A magnetic head-mounted-display strap-interface apparatus comprising:

• a head-mounted display;
• a mount coupled to the head-mounted display, the mount comprising:
• an interface that is mateable and demateable to an opposing interface of a strap, the strap comprising an electrical accessory that necessitates an electrical connection to the head-mounted display;
• an electrical connector that is configured to provide the electrical connection from the electrical accessory to the head-mounted display when contacting an opposing electrical connector of the strap, the interface being further shaped to enable the mount to rotate while the electrical connector and the opposing electrical connector are in contact;
• and
• a magnetic element that:
• magnetically couples the interface and the opposing interface of the strap by attracting an opposing magnetic element of the strap such that:
• the electrical connector and the opposing electrical connector maintain contact;
• and
• a first force applied by the strap holds the head-mounted display against a user's face;
• and
• enables, when a second force substantially perpendicular to the first force is applied to the strap, the interface to be decoupled from the opposing interface of the strap and the electrical connector to be disconnected from the opposing electrical connector.

A head-mounted-display system comprising:

• a head-mounted display;
• a strap comprising an electrical accessory that necessitates an electrical connection to the head-mounted display;
• a first mount coupled to the head-mounted display, the first mount comprising:
• a first electrical connector that is configured to provide the electrical connection from the electrical accessory to the head-mounted display when contacting a second electrical connector of the strap;
• a first interface that is mateable and demateable to a second interface of the strap and shaped to enable the first mount to rotate while the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are in contact;
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• a first magnetic element that:
• magnetically couples the first interface and the second interface of the strap by attracting a second magnetic element of the strap such that:
• the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector maintain contact;
• and
• a first force applied by the strap holds the head-mounted display against a user's face;
• and
• enables, when a second force substantially perpendicular to the first force is applied to the first mount, the first interface to be decoupled from the second interface of the strap and the first electrical connector to be disconnected from the second electrical connector;
• a second mount coupled to the strap, the second mount comprising:
• the second interface that is mateable and demateable to the first interface of the head-mounted display and shaped to enable the second mount to rotate while the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are in contact;
• the second electrical connector that is configured to provide the electrical connection from the electrical accessory to the head-mounted display when contacting the first electrical connector of the head-mounted display;
• and
• the second magnetic element that:
• magnetically couples the first interface and the second interface of the strap by attracting the first magnetic element such that:
• the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector maintain contact;
• and
• a third force applied by the strap holds the head-mounted display against a user's face;
• and
• enables, when a fourth force substantially perpendicular to the third force is applied to the second mount, the first interface to be decoupled from the second interface of the strap and the first electrical connector to be disconnected from the second electrical connector.