US 11,815,693 B2
Head-mounted electronic device
Ivan S. Maric, San Francisco, CA (US); Aidan N. Zimmerman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Brian Baillargeon, Oakley, CA (US); Evan D. Christensen, Campbell, CA (US); Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jia Tao, San Jose, CA (US); Phil M. Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Sivesh Selvakumar, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/185,715.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,815, filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325680 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02C 5/02 (2006.01); G02C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [G02C 5/02 (2013.01); G02C 9/00 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
left and right optical modules configured to present respective images to left and right eye boxes; and
a head-mounted housing configured to support the left and right optical modules, wherein the head-mounted housing comprises a chassis having first and second openings that overlap respectively the left and right optical modules and that has a nose bridge box portion that includes stiffening plates.