Head mountable display

US12347051B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael J. Rockwell · Palo Alto, US
• Geoffrey Stahl · San Jose, US
• Thibaut Weise · Munich, DE
• Peter Kaufmann · Zürich, CH
• Branko Petljanski · San Jose, US
• Jason L. Slupeiks · Sunnyvale, US
• Tom Sengelaub · Sunnyvale, US
• Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki · Los Gatos, US
• Yanghai Tsin · Palo Alto, US
• Hesam Najafi · Mountain View, US
• Arthur Y. Zhang · San Jose, US
• Julian Hoenig · San Francisco, US
• Julian Jaede · San Francisco, US
• Jason C. Sauers · Cupertino, US
• James W. Vandyke · San Francisco, US
• Yoonhoo Jo · Santa Cruz, US
• Forrest C. Wang · Petaluma, US
• Cheng Chen · Hsinchu, TW
• Graham B. Myhre · San Jose, US
• Fletcher R. Rothkopf · Los Altos, US
• Marinus Meursing · Poway, US
• Phil M. Hobson · Menlo Park, US
• Jan K. Quijalvo · Santa Clara, US
• Jia Tao · San Jose, US
• Ivan S. Maric · Sunnyvale, US
• Jeremy C. Franklin · San Rafael, US
• Wey-Jiun Lin · Los Altos Hills, US
• Bertrand Nepveu · Montréal, CA
• Muhammad F. Hossain · San Jose, US
• William A. Sorrentino, III · Mill Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2024
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2025
• Expiry date: May 13, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N23/90
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.