Electronic Spectacle Frame With Recessed Component Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic mounts for optical devices face challenges in the complex assembly of electronic components and connections, often requiring intricate positioning and lack of protection for these components, which complicates installation and affects the aesthetic appeal.
Innovation Solution
The electronic mount features recesses in the front element designed to accommodate electronic components, with complementary shapes and projections to secure and identify components, allowing easy assembly before or after lens installation, and includes a cradle and beam for protection and connection, using materials like plastronic technologies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electronic components are positioned in the front element of an optical device, then the device gains electronic functionality, but the assembly becomes complicated and components lack protection
Solution Approach 1:
The front element is segmented into distinct functional zones: a recess area for housing electronic components and a separate area for the optical lens. This segmentation allows independent positioning and assembly of electronic components without interfering with lens installation, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining electronic functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
A recess structure serves as an intermediary element between the front element and electronic components. This recess provides a dedicated housing space that simplifies component placement and provides protection, acting as a mediator that resolves the conflict between adding electronic functionality and maintaining simple assembly.
2Ease of manufacture
If electronic components are exposed in the front element, then assembly is simple, but components are unprotected from the environment
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic components are nested within a recess that is itself part of the front element structure. This nested configuration provides environmental protection for the components while maintaining a compact, integrated design that does not complicate assembly. The recess acts as a protective housing that is seamlessly integrated into the front element.
3Ease of operation
If recesses are added to house electronic components, then components are protected and positioned easily, but the front element structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the entire front element structure complex, the recess is implemented as a localized feature only in the specific area where electronic components need to be housed. This local modification provides component positioning and protection without unnecessarily complicating the overall front element structure. The recess is strategically placed to accommodate components while leaving the rest of the structure simple and streamlined.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an electronic spectacle frame (1) comprising a face element (2, 8) including a housing (12) for at least partially receiving a lens (4), said electronic frame comprising at least one electronic component (15). The electronic frame is characterised in that the face element (2, 8) comprises at least one recess (14) for receiving said at least one electronic component (15).