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US 11,378,817 B2Granted
Hyperextending hinge having FPC service loops for eyewear
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsMichael Ryner, Stephen Steger
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Abstract
Eyewear having a frame, a hinge, and a hyperextendable temple having a flexible printed circuit (FPC) including service loops. An extender is coupled to the hinge and the temple, and the extender extends with respect to the hinge allowing hyperextension of the temple with respect to the frame. A first service loop allows extension of the FPC when the temple rotates about the hinge, and a second service loop allows the temple to be radially extended away from the hinge.
Claims19
Eyewear, comprising:
- a frame having a frame surface;
- an optical member supported by the frame;
- a temple;
- a hinge coupled between the frame and the temple, the hinge configured to allow rotation of the temple with respect to the frame;
- an extender configured to allow the temple to extend away from the hinge to a hyperextended position;
- an electrical conductor coupled to the hinge, the electrical conductor having a first service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple extends away from the hinge to the hyperextended position, and a second service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple is rotated about the hinge;
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- a protrusion extending from the frame surface, wherein the protrusion is configured to create a cam when the temple is in the hyperextended position;
- wherein the temple has a temple surface comprising a recess configured to receive the protrusion when the temple is in an open position.
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Eyewear, comprising:
- a frame;
- an optical member supported by the frame;
- a temple;
- a hinge coupled between the frame and the temple, the hinge configured to allow rotation of the temple with respect to the frame;
- an extender configured to allow the temple to extend away from the hinge to a hyperextended position, wherein the extender comprises a slidable bushing coupled to the temple, the bushing containing a spring configured to extend about the extender;
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- an electrical conductor coupled to the hinge, the electrical conductor having a first service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple extends away from the hinge to the hyperextended position, and a second service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple is rotated about the hinge.
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Eyewear, comprising:
- a frame having a frame surface;
- an optical member supported by the frame;
- a temple;
- a hinge coupled between the frame and the temple, the hinge configured to allow rotation of the temple with respect to the frame;
- an extender coupled to the hinge and configured to allow the temple to extend away from the hinge to a hyperextended position, and create a bias force configured to selectively retract the temple towards the hinge;
- an electrical conductor coupled to the hinge, the electrical conductor having a first service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple extends away from the hinge to the hyperextended position, and a second service loop configured to allow the electrical conductor to extend when the temple is rotated about the hinge;
- a protrusion extending from the frame surface, wherein the protrusion is configured to create a cam when the temple is in the hyperextended position;
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- the temple having a temple surface, wherein the temple surface comprises a recess configured to receive the protrusion when the temple is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.