IP Library Granted Patent US 12,210,222
Granted Patent B2
US 12,210,222 · App. 17/633,230 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Frame and eyewear

Inventors: Akihiro Muramatsu (Marugame, JP); Ryuki Kan (Nagoya, JP); Takafumi Ohto (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
G02C5/2254G02C5/16G02C11/10G02C2200/22
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,210,222
App. No.
17/633,230
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This frame comprises: a front piece; a temple piece; a connection part that is elastic and that connects the front piece and the temple piece; and wiring which electrically connects a front piece-side electrical element provided to the front piece and a temple piece-side electrical element provided to the temple piece, and a portion of which is routed through the space between the front piece and the connection part.

Claims (27)

1. A frame, comprising:

a front;

a temple;

a connecting part having elasticity and configured to connect the front and the temple, wherein the connecting part includes a resilient part having elasticity and fixed to the front, and a hinge part connected to the resilient part and connected to the temple; and

a wiring configured to electrically connect a front electric element provided in the front and a temple electric element provided in the temple, wherein a part of the wiring is arranged in a space between the front and the connecting part.

2. The frame according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover part configured to cover the space.

3. The frame according to claim 2 , wherein the cover part includes a hollow part.

4. The frame according to claim 3 , wherein the part of the wiring is arranged in the hollow part.

5. The frame according to claim 2 , wherein the cover part is made of silicone rubber.

6. The frame according to claim 5 , wherein the silicone rubber has a durometer hardness of A30 to A50.

7. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient part includes:

a first fixing part fixed to the front; and

an elastic deformation part connected to the first fixing part and configured to elastically deform to change an angle to the first fixing part in accordance with a force applied to the temple.

8. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient part includes a plurality of bending parts.

9. The frame according to claim 8 , wherein the resilient part includes three bending parts.

10. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the space is provided between the resilient part and the front.

11. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the front is made of metal.

12. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting part is made of metal or resin.

13. The frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front is made of metal; and

wherein the connecting part is made of metal.

14. The frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front is made of resin; and

wherein the connecting part is made of the resin.

15. Eyewear comprising:

the frame according to claim 1 ; and

a lens held at the front.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2024
From: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
To: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 066439/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: MURAMATSU, AKIHIRO; KAN, RYUKI; OHTO, TAKAFUMI
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058904/0001 →