Modular Eyeglass Assembly with Detachable Temple Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyeglass systems with interchangeable parts are limited in customization options, prone to weakness and flimsiness, and require complex and costly tooling, leading to inefficiencies in production and stock management due to rapid fashion obsolescence.
Innovation Solution
A modular eyeglass assembly with detachable parts, including upper and lower frame parts, temple arms, and lenses, that can be easily interchanged without tools, featuring pivot shafts and apertures for secure attachment, and optionally made from heat-dissipating materials, allowing for varied styles, sizes, and colors without the need for complex tooling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable parts are used to vary eyeglass style, then customization ability is improved, but the strength and durability of the assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The eyeglass assembly is divided into separate interchangeable components including frame parts, temple arms, and lenses, each capable of being detached and replaced. This segmentation enables customization while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection interfaces are designed with universal compatibility, allowing the same pivot shaft and aperture mechanism to accommodate multiple different frame parts, temple arms, and lenses. This multi-functionality enables extensive customization options while ensuring consistent structural reliability across all combinations.
2Manufacturing precision
If complex tooling with sliding cores is used for injection moulding, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and production cost worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The complex sliding core mechanism is extracted and replaced with a simplified pivot shaft and aperture connection system. This extraction eliminates the need for complex tooling while maintaining the necessary manufacturing precision through the straightforward injection moulding of standardized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The design parameters of the connection mechanism are simplified by using standard pivot shaft and aperture features that can be manufactured with conventional injection moulding tools. This parameter simplification reduces tooling complexity while preserving manufacturing precision through controlled moulding parameters.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple eyeglass styles are produced to meet demand, then customer satisfaction is improved, but loss of substance increases due to unsold stock
Solution Approach 1:
The eyeglass product is segmented into modular components that can be mixed and matched to create different styles. This allows a single base set of components to produce multiple style variations, reducing the need to manufacture and store complete eyeglass sets in various styles.
Solution Approach 2:
Universal connection interfaces enable the same frame structure to accommodate multiple lens types and style variations. This multi-functionality allows a single inventory of frame components to serve multiple style requirements, minimizing unsold stock while maintaining style variety.
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AI summary
An eyeglass assembly formed of detachable and interchangeable parts. The assembly comprises detachable upper and lower frame parts that define an aperture for receiving lenses or a lens assembly. Two interchangeable temple arms are pivotally connected to the upper and lower frame parts and assist in holding the eyeglass assembly together. The eyeglasses advantageously allow a wearer, manufacturer, designer, distributor and/or retailer to vary the shape, style, size or color of the eyeglasses to suit their requirements by a simple interchange of parts. Other embodiments are directed to eyeglass components formed from heat dissipating material, specifically temple arms comprising an insert formed of a heat dissipating material such as a polymer or aluminum.