Smart Glasses Temple Battery Carrier for Structural Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional eyewear, particularly smart glasses, face challenges in housing batteries due to size, material, and process constraints, leading to structural integrity and usability issues.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing a battery carrier to house the battery and provide structural integrity to the temple, along with an articulated joint for force distribution, and using adhesive, and adhesive to mechanically couple the battery carrier to the temple, allowing power transfer and electrical insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a battery is housed directly in smart glasses, then power supply capability is improved, but structural integrity deteriorates due to size and material constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the smart glasses into separate components: a frame, a temple, and a battery carrier. The battery is housed in the battery carrier, which is then attached to the temple. This segmentation allows the battery to be isolated in a dedicated structure that provides mechanical support, preventing the battery housing from compromising the overall structural integrity of the smart glasses.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery carrier serves as an intermediary component between the battery and the temple. It provides a rigid housing for the battery and includes features like reinforcement bars and attachment mechanisms that mechanically couple it to the temple, thereby transferring and distributing mechanical loads away from the battery itself and maintaining structural integrity.
2Use of energy by moving object
If battery size is increased to improve power supply, then energy capacity is improved, but device volume increases beyond wearable constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The battery carrier is designed to extend along the longitudinal axis of the temple, utilizing the available length of the temple structure. This dimensional arrangement allows the battery to be positioned in a direction that maximizes energy capacity while maintaining a compact cross-sectional profile that fits within wearable constraints.
3Weight of moving object
If temple material is made lighter to improve wearability, then weight is reduced, but mechanical strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The temple assembly becomes a composite structure combining the temple (made of lightweight material such as acetate or plastic), the battery carrier (made of rigid material with reinforcement bars), and adhesive bonding. This composite construction allows the temple to remain lightweight while the battery carrier provides the necessary mechanical strength and rigidity to support the battery and withstand mechanical loads.
4Ease of manufacture
If conventional eyewear manufacturing processes are used, then ease of manufacture is maintained, but adaptability to house battery deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the battery housing into a separate battery carrier component, the invention enables conventional eyewear manufacturers to continue using their existing processes for manufacturing the temple and frame, while the battery carrier can be manufactured separately using appropriate processes and then attached. This maintains ease of manufacture for the traditional components while adding battery housing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery carrier is designed as a universal component that can be attached to various temple designs using standardized attachment mechanisms (adhesive, mechanical fasteners, or integration with the hinge assembly). This multi-functionality allows the same battery carrier design to be adapted to different smart glasses configurations without requiring complete redesign of the manufacturing process.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables smart glasses to maintain structural integrity and functionality in both wearable and collapsed configurations, ensuring power supply to onboard electronics.
Implementation Method 1
mechanically couple the battery carrier to the temple
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses, systems and methods for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. According to one embodiment, a temple assembly forming part of the smart glasses is disclosed. The assembly can include a temple mechanical connection, a battery carrier, a battery, and a temple body. The temple mechanical connection is configured to form an articulated joint at a first longitudinal end portion thereof with a frame of the wearable electronic glasses. The battery carrier is rigidly attached to the temple mechanical connection at a second longitudinal end portion thereof. The battery is mounted on the battery carrier. The temple body comprises a plastics material, and is configured to house the battery and battery carrier and interface with the second longitudinal end portion of the temple mechanical connection. The battery and battery carrier are generally longitudinally aligned along a longitudinal extent of the temple body, and are configured to form at least part of a structural framework for the temple body.