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US 10,852,562 B2Granted
Conductive connection through eyewear hinge
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsDouglas Wayne Moskowitz, David G. Fliszar, Martin Mape
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Abstract
An eyewear device provides for routing a flexible conductive element or conductor through a hollow interior of a hinge mechanism that connects a temple of the eyewear device to its. The hinge mechanism comprises a pair of hinge pieces that defines a composite conduit through the hinge mechanism, conduit and hence the conductor routed through the passage being hidden or obscured from external view in any operational position of the hinge mechanism.
Claims18
An eyewear device comprising:
- a frame holding one or more optical elements;
- a temple coupled to the frame for supporting the frame in position during wearing of the eyewear device;
- a hinge mechanism formed by a pair of complementary hinge formations located on end portions of the frame and the temple respectively, the hinge mechanism coupling the temple to the frame to permit hinged movement about a hinge axis defined by the hinge mechanism between a wearable position and a collapsed position,
- wherein the hinge mechanism defines an internal hinge cavity that is hidden from external view and that coincides at least partially with the hinge axis, and
- wherein the end portions of the frame and the temple each defines a respective passage extending therethrough into communication with the hinge cavity, the passage through at least a first one of the end portions opening axially into the hinge cavity;
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- a conductor extending between the frame and the temple via the hinge mechanism to provide a conductive coupling between components incorporated in the frame and the temple respectively, the conductor extending axially into the hinge cavity through the passage of said first end portion, through the hinge cavity, and through the passage of the other one of the end portions.
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A hinge mechanism comprising:
- a pair of hinge pieces configured for coupling a frame of an eyewear device to a temple of the eyewear device to permit hinged movement of the temple relative to the frame about a hinge axis, each hinge piece comprising:
- a hinge formation that is hingedly engaged with a complementary hinge formation of the other hinge piece, the engaged hinge formations defining an internal hinge cavity that is hidden from external view and that coincides at least partially with the hinge axis;
- and
- a body portion fixedly attached to the respective hinge formation, the body portion defining a passage that extends therethrough and that is in communication with the hinge cavity,
- wherein the passage of a first one of the pair of hinge pieces opens axially into the hinge cavity;
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- a conductor that extends axially into the hinge cavity through the passage of the first hinge piece, through hinge cavity, and through the passage of the other hinge piece, such that the conductor is obscured from external view at the engaged hinge formations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.