Adjustable Eyewear Temple Assembly with Biasing Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyewear designs often lack adequate adjustability and versatility to accommodate different user configurations, sizes, and features, with temples that are either fixed or minimally adjustable.
Innovation Solution
The eyewear features temples with a front and rear portion that are releasably attachable via a retaining assembly and coupling structure, utilizing a biasing member and retention mechanism to allow for adjustable length and orientation, including a base member with an arcuate cross-section for conforming to the user's head.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If temples are made fixed or minimally adjustable, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different user configurations is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The temple is divided into multiple segments including a front portion, a rear portion, and an intermediate portion with articulation joints. This segmentation allows each segment to move independently, enabling the temple to adapt to different head shapes and sizes while maintaining a manageable structural complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The temple incorporates dynamic elements including articulation joints that allow relative movement between segments, and biasing members that provide controlled elastic deformation. These dynamic features enable the temple to adjust to various user configurations automatically, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If temples are made adjustable to cover different user configurations, then adaptability is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The temple utilizes parameter changes through elastic deformation of the biasing member and articulation of joints to achieve adjustment. Instead of complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms, the design changes the physical state and configuration of existing components, providing adaptability while minimizing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The biasing member provides automatic adjustment and maintenance of the temple's configuration through elastic forces. The structure self-adjusts to fit different user head shapes without requiring complex control mechanisms, achieving adaptability through self-service functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If temples use integrally formed members, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but adjustability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The temple is manufactured as separate segments (front portion, rear portion, intermediate portion) that can be produced using standard manufacturing processes. This segmentation maintains ease of manufacture for each individual component while enabling adjustability through the assembly of multiple parts with articulation joints.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple separately manufactured temple segments are combined through articulation joints and coupling structures to form a complete adjustable temple assembly. This merging approach preserves the manufacturing simplicity of individual components while achieving the adjustability of a complex integrated structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Provides enhanced adjustability and comfort by allowing temples to adapt to various head shapes and sizes, minimizing dislodging, and offering multiple secure positions.
Implementation Method 1
A biasing member selectively biases the retention member toward and into the cavity
Implementation Method 2
a base member with an arcuate cross-section for conforming to the user's head
Data Source
AI summary
Eyewear having a frame front, a first temple and a second temple. The first temple extends from a first side of the frame front. The second temple extends from a second side of the frame front. At least one of the first temple and the second temple includes a front portion and a rear portion. Temple structures having a base member are disclosed, along with temples for eyewear and methods of attaching portions of temples of eyewear.