Apple patents adjustable headband for head-mounted displays
Apple describes a head-mounted device with a securement arm made of multiple connected segments. The joints between these segments use internal biasing members to resist outward movement, helping the device stay firmly on the user's head.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device (e.g., a head-mountable electronic device) can include a frame and a securement arm extending from the frame. The securement arm can include multiple arm segments and multiple joints interconnecting the arm segments. The arm segments can include a proximal arm segment coupled to the frame, a distal arm segment, and at least one intermediate arm segment between the proximal arm segment and the distal arm segment. Each joint can include adjacent first and second arm segments. Each joint can further include a biasing member configured to provide a biasing force resisting a relative movement between the first arm segment and the second arm segment. The biasing member can be configured to resist an outward rotation of one of the first arm segment or the second arm segment away from the viewing frame. Additional systems and methods are also disclosed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A securement arm for a head-mountable device, comprising: a frame; a window secured to the frame; a plurality of arm segments extending from the frame; and a plurality of joints interconnecting the plurality of arm segments, wherein each joint of the plurality of joints comprises: adjacent first and second arm segments of the plurality of arm segments; and a biasing member configured to provide a biasing force resisting a relative movement between the first arm segment and the second arm segment, wherein the biasing member comprises an insert positioned at least partially between the first arm segment and the second arm segment.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Electronic device
- Patent number
- US12761487B2
- Application number
- 18433195
- Filed
- Feb 5, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G02B 27/0176 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0154 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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