US 11,810,714 B2
Headband for head-mounted device
Darshan R. Kasar, San Francisco, CA (US); Javier Mendez, San Jose, CA (US); and Nicholas C. Soldner, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/160,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,414, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304938 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H01F 7/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); H01F 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 7/064 (2013.01) [F16M 13/04 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01); H01F 7/20 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
a device housing;
a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content to a user as emitted light;
an optical system that is configured to direct the emitted light to eyes of the user;
a headband that has a first end and a second end and is configured to support the device housing with respect to the user's head; and
a first headband connector that includes a headband-side connector portion that is connected to the headband at the first end of the headband and a device-side connector portion that is connected to the device housing,
wherein the first headband connector is movable between a disconnected position, in which the headband-side connector portion is disconnected from the device-side connector portion, and a connected position, in which the headband-side connector portion is connected to the device-side connector portion, and
wherein the first headband connector includes paired magnetic components that are configured to attract the headband-side connector portion and the device-side connector portion to one another to urge the first headband connector to move to the connected position.