Apple patents glasses frame that doubles as a wireless antenna
Apple describes a design for head-mounted glasses where the metal frame acts as a wireless antenna. The frame is cut into segments by gaps filled with insulating material, allowing it to transmit radio signals like cellular data. This setup connects the frame directly to the device's internal communication hardware.
In the filing’s own words
A head-mounted device such as a pair of glasses may have display systems. The display systems may present images to eye boxes for viewing by a user. The glasses may have clear lenses through which real-world objects may be viewed from the eye boxes. The glasses may have a metal frame that surrounds the lenses and may have temples that are coupled to the frame using hinges. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to one or more antennas in the head-mounted device. The antennas may have antenna resonating elements formed by placing dielectric-filled gaps in the metal frame to divide the frame into segments. Antenna resonating elements formed from segments of the metal frame may be coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver circuitry using transmission lines.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Electronic Devices With Frame Antennas
- Publication number
- US20260319250A1
- Application number
- 19547419
- Filed
- Feb 23, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G02B 27/017 Physics & computingG02C 1/06 Physics & computingG02C 5/008 Physics & computingG02C 5/14 Physics & computingG02C 11/10 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0178 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AR, VR & displays
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