Lens holding frame
View Patent ↗A lens holding frame for holding lenses, both in front of the projection optics of an HMD device and in front of the eye portion of a wearer of the HMD device, the lens holding frame including a nose bridge, the HMD device including a nose pad arranged to support the nose bridge, and at least one correction lens. The lens holding frame is arranged to be stretched out of its original shape under a manual pressure to at least one transitional shape, and includes connecting elements arranged to connect in a reversible manner the HMD device to the lens holding frame being in a transitional shape and having its nose bridge supported by the nose pad of the HMD device.
1. A lens holding frame for holding lenses, both in front of the projection optics of an HMD device having a nose pad and in front of the eye portion of a wearer of the HMD device, the lens holding frame comprising a nose bridge, at least one lens being a correction lens, wherein the lens holding frame is arranged to be stretched out of its original shape under a manual pressure to at least one transitional shape, and wherein the lens holding frame further comprises connecting means arranged to connect in a reversible manner the HMD device to the lens holding frame being in a transitional shape, so that the nose bridge supported by the nose pad of the HMD device, said connecting means including a central connecting means and two lateral connecting means located at the opposite ends of the frame and arranged to be engaged beneath the housing of the HMD device.
2. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material, the frame holding two lenses, one of which at least being a correction lens.
3. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material having a tensile strength of 400 to 700 N/mm 2 .
4. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material, the resilient material including stainless steel.
5. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is arranged to be stretched out of its original shape under manual pressures simultaneously exerted on the opposite ends of the frame.
6. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the HMD device includes a housing and a nose pad, and the connecting means include one central connecting means of the nose bridge of the lens frame onto the nose pad of the HMD device, and two lateral connecting means of the opposite ends of the lens frame beneath the HMD housing.
7. The lens holding frame according to claim 6 , wherein the lateral connecting means are two lateral rods in the form of an S welded on each opposite end of the lens holding frame, and extending downwardly.
8. The lens holding frame according to claim 1 , wherein the central connecting means is a hump in the nose bridge designed to lay down on the nose pad of the HMD device.
9. A HMD device comprising a housing, projection optics, and a nose pad, to which a lens holding frame, comprising a central connecting means and lateral connecting means, is reversibly connected, with the central connecting means being supported by the nose pad of the HMD device and the lateral connecting means being engaged beneath the housing of the HMD device, so that the lens holding frame is both in front of the projection optics of the HMD device and in front of the eye portion of a wearer of the HMD device, wherein at least one lens is a correction lens, and wherein the lens holding frame is connected under pressure to the HMD device in a transitional shape different from its original shape.
10. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material, the frame holding two lenses, one of which at least being a correction lens.
11. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material having a tensile strength of 400 to 700 N/mm 2 .
12. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the lens holding frame is made of resilient material, the resilient material being stainless steel.
13. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the nose pad is removable from the HMD device.
14. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the HMD device includes a housing and a nose pad, and the connecting means include one central connecting means of the nose bridge of the lens frame onto the nose pad of the HMD device, and two lateral connecting means of the opposite ends of the lens frame beneath the HMD housing.
15. The HMD device according to claim 9 , wherein the HMD device includes a housing and a nose pad, and the connecting means include one central connecting means of the nose bridge of the lens frame onto the nose pad of the HMD device, which is a hump on the nose bridge of the lens frame, designed to fit in a groove carved in the nose pad of the HMD device, and two lateral connecting means of the opposite ends of the lens frame beneath the HMD housing.
16. Method to connect a lens holding frame onto a HMD device, both in front of the projection optics of an HMD device and in front of the eye portion of a wearer of the HMD device, wherein at least one lens is a correction lens, and wherein the frame is made of resilient material and includes connecting means onto the HMD device, the method comprising:
simultaneously pressing the opposite ends of the lens holding frame to put the lens holding frame in a transitional shape
placing the connecting means of the lens holding frame in a position suitable for its connection with the HMD device
releasing the pressure onto the opposite ends of the lens holding frame, so that the connecting means connect with the HMD device.
17. Method according to claim 16 , comprising a preliminary step of connecting the nose pad to the HMD device.