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US 2023/0142548 A1Published application
Overmolded electronic eyewear device frame
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorStephen Steger
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Abstract
A process of overmolding a frame of a portable eyewear electronic device and a frame produced by the process is presented. A frame that includes a first material and includes a releasably mountable feature is attached to the mold in a desired position and does not contact other areas of the mold. The mold is filled with a second material to at least partially encase the frame insert.
Claims20
A process comprising:
- providing an electronic eyewear device frame insert composed of a first material;
- providing a mold for the electronic eyewear device frame insert, wherein the electronic eyewear device frame insert comprises a camera mount opening configured for releasable attachment to the mold to prevent overmolding of the camera mount opening and to allow overmolding of other areas of the electronic eyewear device frame insert;
- inserting the electronic eyewear device frame insert into the mold and releasably attaching the camera mount opening of the electronic eyewear device frame insert to the mold;
- filling the mold with a second material to cover the electronic eyewear device frame insert with a desired coating thickness, wherein the releasable attachment of the camera mount opening to the mold prevents overmolding of the camera mount opening;
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- removing from the mold an electronic eyewear device having the electronic eyewear device frame insert partially encased by the second material to form an overmolded electronic eyewear device.
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