Modular Eyeglass Frame with Interchangeable Temple Locking Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional eyeglass frames are monolithic, lacking the ability to customize or interchange temples and frames, limiting user options for coordinating with outfits or switching between different styles and configurations.
Innovation Solution
The development of modular eyeglass frames with interchangeable temple assemblies and frames, utilizing various locking mechanisms such as spring tabs, latches, and spring clip assemblies to securely attach and detach temples from the lens assembly, allowing for easy customization and style changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional monolithic eyeglass frames are used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but customization and interchangeability of temples and frames are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The eyeglass frame is divided into separate modular components including temples, lens assemblies, and connecting interfaces. Each temple can be independently attached or detached from the lens assembly through standardized locking mechanisms, enabling users to customize and interchange different temple styles while maintaining a simple overall structural concept.
2Ease of operation
If temples are permanently fixed to the lens assembly, then structural stability is ensured, but ease of interchangeability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system transitions from a static permanent fixation to a dynamic reversible connection. Locking mechanisms such as spring tabs, latches, or snap-fit interfaces enable the temple to be securely attached during use but easily detached when needed, providing both stability during wear and convenience for interchangeability.
Solution Approach 2:
A standardized locking mechanism serves as an intermediary component between the temple and lens assembly. This intermediate interface enables secure attachment while allowing for easy detachment, resolving the conflict between stability and interchangeability by introducing a controlled coupling system.
3Ease of operation
If a standardized locking mechanism is implemented, then ease of attachment and detachment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed to be self-actuating or self-locking, requiring minimal user intervention. For example, spring tabs automatically engage when the temple is inserted, or latches lock into place through simple manual manipulation, reducing the operational complexity despite the added structural components.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and systems related to modular eyeglass elements may be provided. A detachable temple may be detachably coupled to a lens assembly at a temple strut of the lens assembly via a locking mechanism. Locking mechanisms may include spring tab, spring lever, spring bar, snap-fit, spring latch, and other disclosed configurations.