IP Library Granted Patent US 12,386,209
Granted Patent B2
US 12,386,209 · App. 18/424,728 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Eyeglasses

Inventors: Yueqiang Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Haofeng Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, CN); Yunbin Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Fen You (Shenzhen, CN); Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,386,209
App. No.
18/424,728
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides eyeglasses including: an eyeglass rim; an eyeglass temple, the eyeglass temple comprising a control circuit or a battery; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being configured to connect the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, so that the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple are relatively rotated around the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft being disposed with a rotating shaft wiring channel along an axial direction; and a speaker, the speaker comprising an earphone core, the speaker being connected to the eyeglass temple, the control circuit or battery in the eyeglass temple driving the earphone core to vibrate through the connection wire, wherein the earphone core vibrates to generate a driving force to drive a housing panel of the speaker to vibrate, and a straight line of the driving force being not parallel to a normal line of the housing panel.

Claims (70)

1. A pair of eyeglasses, wherein the eyeglasses include:

an eyeglass rim;

an eyeglass temple;

a shaft, the shaft being configured to connect the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple;

a speaker, the speaker comprising a core housing and an earphone core, the speaker being connected to the eyeglass temple;

a first microphone and a second microphone disposed in the eyeglass temple; and

a first sound inlet and a second sound inlet disposed on the eyeglass temple, wherein the first microphone and the second microphone collect external sound through the first sound inlet and the second sound inlet, respectively, wherein

the shaft includes a first shaft;

two ends of the first shaft are respectively connected to the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple;

the shaft is disposed with a shaft wiring channel disposed along an axial direction of the first shaft; and

the shaft wiring channel communicates with an outside through a first wiring port disposed on an end surface of the first shaft and a second wiring port disposed on a side wall of the first shaft,

the first shaft is fixedly connected to the eyeglass temple that is disposed near the second wiring port, and rotatably connected to the eyeglass rim that is disposed near the first wiring port, wherein

the eyeglasses further include a connection wire, the connection wire extending to the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple through the first wiring port and the second wiring port, respectively.

2. The eyeglasses of claim 1 , further comprising:

a spectacle lens disposed with a vent hole.

3. The eyeglasses of claim 1 , wherein the shaft further comprises a second shaft that is coaxial with and spaced from the first shaft;

the eyeglass rim includes a first lug, and the eyeglass temple includes a second lug and a third lug disposed at intervals;

end portions of the first shaft and the second shaft close to each other are connected to the first lug, end portions of the first shaft and the second shaft away from each other are connected to the second lug and the third lug, respectively, so as to keep the first lug between the second lug and the third lug.

4. The eyeglasses of claim 3 , wherein

the first wiring port is disposed on an end surface of the first shaft close to the second shaft;

the second wiring port is disposed on a side wall of the first shaft close to the second lug; and

the first shaft is rotatably connected to the first lug and fixedly connected to the second lug.

5. The eyeglasses of claim 4 , wherein

the first lug and the second lug are coaxially disposed with a first accommodating hole and a second accommodating hole; and

sizes of the first accommodating hole and the second accommodating hole are disposed to allow the first shaft to be inserted into the first accommodating hole from outside of the eyeglass temple via the second accommodating hole and allow the first shaft in an interference fit with the second accommodating hole and in a clearance fit with the first accommodating hole.

6. The eyeglasses of claim 4 , wherein

the first lug and the third lug are coaxially disposed with a third accommodating hole and a fourth accommodating hole; and

sizes of the third accommodating hole and the fourth accommodating hole are disposed to allow the second shaft to be inserted into the third accommodating hole from outside of the eyeglass temple via the fourth accommodating hole and allow the second shaft in an interference fit with the third accommodating hole and in a clearance fit with the fourth accommodating hole, or allow the second shaft in a clearance fit with the third accommodating hole and in an interference fit with the fourth accommodating hole.

7. The eyeglasses of claim 6 , wherein

the second shaft is a solid shaft;

a diameter of the second shaft is less than a diameter of the first shaft;

in a wearing state, the second shaft is located at an upper side of the eyeglass temple, and the first shaft is located at a lower side of the eyeglass temple; and

a connection between the end surface of the first shaft for disposing the first wiring port and a surface of an inner wall of the first shaft for defining the shaft wiring channel is an arc shape.

8. The eyeglasses of claim 1 , wherein the first microphone and the second microphone are disposed at different positions of a circuit board.

9. The eyeglasses of claim 8 , wherein the circuit board at least comprises a number of first pads and a number of second pads;

at least one of the number of first pads is electrically connected to an audio signal wire of a control circuit, the at least one first pad is electrically connected to at least one of the number of second pads via a first flexible lead on the circuit board, and the at least one second pad is electrically connected to the earphone core via an external wire; and

at least another one of the number of first pads is electrically connected to an auxiliary signal wire of the control circuit, and the at least another one first pad is electrically connected to at least one of the first microphone and the second microphone via a second flexible lead on the circuit board.

10. The eyeglasses of claim 9 , wherein

the circuit board includes at least a main circuit board, a first branch circuit board, and a second branch circuit board;

the first branch circuit board is connected to the main circuit board, away from the main circuit board, and extend along one end of the main circuit board;

the second branch circuit board is connected to the main circuit board, away from the main circuit board, extends along the other end of the main circuit board, and is spaced apart from the first branch circuit board;

the first microphone is disposed on the first branch circuit board; and

the second microphone is disposed on the second branch circuit board.

11. The eyeglasses of claim 10 , wherein

the number of first pads are disposed on the main circuit board;

the at least one second pad is disposed on the first branch circuit board; and

other second pads of the number of second pads are disposed on the second branch circuit board.

12. The eyeglasses of claim 10 , wherein the first branch circuit board extends in a same direction as the main circuit board, and the second branch circuit board extends perpendicular to the main circuit board.

13. The eyeglasses of claim 9 , wherein the earphone core includes:

a magnetic circuit component configured to provide a magnetic field;

a vibration component, the vibration component comprising a coil and an inner lead, wherein

the coil is located in the magnetic field,

the inner lead is electrically connected to the coil,

the coil receives an audio current via the inner lead and converts the audio current into a mechanical vibration signal under an action of the magnetic field,

one end of the external wire is electrically connected to the second pad, and

the other end of the external wire is electrically connected to the inner lead, and transmitting the audio current to the coil.

14. The eyeglasses of claim 13 , wherein

a wiring groove is disposed inside the core housing; and

the external wire and/or the inner lead line are disposed inside the wiring groove.

15. The eyeglasses of claim 14 , wherein the inner lead and the external wire are welded to each other, and a welding position is located inside the wiring groove.

16. The eyeglasses of claim 13 , wherein

a housing panel of the core housing and the earphone core are in a transmission connection, and all or part of the housing panel is used to contact or abut a user's body to conduct a sound generated by the vibration of the earphone core.

17. The eyeglasses of claim 16 , wherein

an axis of the coil or a magnetic circuit system is not parallel to a normal line of the housing panel;

the axis is perpendicular to a radial plane of the coil and/or the magnetic circuit system.

18. The eyeglasses of claim 16 , wherein the earphone core is configured to vibrate to generate a driving force to drive the housing panel of the speaker to vibrate, wherein

when a straight line of the driving force has a positive direction pointing to an outside of the speaker from the housing panel and a normal line of the housing panel has a positive direction pointing to the outside of the speaker, an angle between the straight line and the normal line in the positive direction is an acute angle.

19. The eyeglasses of claim 16 , wherein a driving force that is configured to drive the housing panel of the speaker to vibrate includes a component in a first quadrant or a third quadrant of an XOY plane coordinate system; wherein:

an origin O of the XOY plane coordinate system is on a contact surface between the speaker and a human body, an X axis of the XOY plane coordinate system is parallel to a coronal axis of the human body, a Y axis of the XOY plane coordinate system is parallel to a sagittal axis of the human body, a positive direction of the X axis faces an outside of the human body, and a positive direction of the Y axis faces a front of the human body.

20. The eyeglasses of claim 16 , wherein a region of the housing panel configured to contact or abut the user's body comprises a flat surface or a quasi-flat surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: WANG, YUEQIANG; ZHANG, HAOFENG; LI, YONGJIAN; CHEN, YUNBIN; YOU, FEN; ZHANG, LEI
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067382/0793 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2024
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067383/0382 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 201810975515.1 · Aug 24, 2018 · national
CN 201910009904.3 · Jan 5, 2019 · national
CN 201920031804.6 · Jan 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18150785 · Jan 5, 2023
Continuation 17138909 · Dec 31, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2019102407 · Aug 24, 2019
Related Publication 20240168316A1 · May 23, 2024
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