Samsung patents head-mounted device with dial to adjust fit
Samsung has filed a patent for a head-mounted device that uses a dial on the front to adjust the tightness of the rear band. Turning the dial winds a wire to tighten or loosen the band, while also unlocking a mechanism that allows the main body to move relative to the front case.
In the filing’s own words
A head-mounted device is provided that includes a main body, a front case movably coupled to the main body, a dial unit disposed on the front case, a first fixing structure disposed on the main body, a second fixing structure configured to (i) engage with the first fixing structure based on movement of the dial unit in a first direction and (ii) disengage from the first fixing structure based on movement of the dial unit in a second direction, a wire wound around the dial unit, and a rear band connected to the wire, the rear band being configured to move relative to the front case based on rotation of the dial unit, wherein the main body is configured to move relative to the front case in one of a third direction or a fourth direction opposite to the third direction when the second fixing structure is disengaged from the first fixing structure.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-mounted device, comprising: a main body; a front case movably coupled to the main body; a dial unit disposed on the front case; a first fixing structure disposed on the main body; a second fixing structure configured to engage with the first fixing structure based on movement of the dial unit in a first direction and disengage from the first fixing structure based on movement of the dial unit in a second direction; a wire wound around the dial unit; and a rear band connected to the wire, the rear band being configured to move relative to the front case based on rotation of the dial unit, wherein the main body is configured to move relative to the front case in one of a third direction or a fourth direction opposite to the third direction when the second fixing structure is disengaged from the first fixing structure.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE INCLUDING DIAL UNIT
- Publication number
- US20260310257A1
- Application number
- 19681402
- Filed
- May 19, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G06F 1/163 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Wearables
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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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