序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
161 Spectacle frame with detachable arms US10924448 2004-08-24 US06969173B1 2005-11-29 Otis Ku
A spectacle frame includes a temple piece for attachment to a lens or fabricated upon a lens surround. An arm of the frame includes a spring bar extending from the arm and bearing against the temple piece. A hook attaches the temple piece to the arm and extends from one side of the spring bar to the other and detachably, pivotally connects the arm to the temple piece.
162 Extra-flat expandable hinge US09402117 1999-09-30 US06438798B1 2002-08-27 Richard Chene; Dominique Delamour; Olivier Rodi
A hinge includes a first rigid element enclosing elastic elements that have at least one elastic end oriented so that the elastic elements extend into a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hinge. One end of the first rigid element is formed by a knuckle-piece, which is inserted between a pair of knuckles that together constitute the rigid second element. A pin passes through all the knuckles. A bush, disposed between a female hinge of the second rigid element and the pin, defines a peripheral surface which serves as a cam surface, against which at least one portion of the elastic elements is adjusted.
163 Connecting structure of endpiece and temple US09632751 2000-08-04 US06357874B1 2002-03-19 Noboru Miyazawa
To generate elastic force in temples and to hold a head with pressing force generated by this elastic force so as to make eyeglasses fit more comfortably. An end of an endpiece to be mounted to a lens is bent, and an endpiece part in a polygonal shape is rotatably mounted to the end. A central portion of the endpiece is pressed against one side of the endpiece part in a normal state. An end of the temple in contact with a user's head is fixed to the endpiece part. As the temple is opened, the endpiece part rotates and the one side then turns from the state of being in contact with the central portion of the endpiece, generating working force so as to return to the initial state and then generating the elastic force in the temple thereby.
164 Exchangeable eyeglass temple pieces utilizing quick-connect attachment US09532427 2000-03-23 US06231181B1 2001-05-15 Gregg T. Swab
An apparatus for releasably attaching a temple to a lense frame. In one aspect, the inventive apparatus comprises: a grasping mechanism, at the forward end of the temple, for releasably, pivotably, and directly grasping a hinge pin provided on the lense frame, and a finger-operatable actuator for actuating the grasping mechanism to selectively release and pivotably grasp the hinge pin. When the grasping mechanism is secured to the hinge pin, the forward end of the temple will preferably be positioned directly adjacent to the lense frame such that the grasping structure is substantially hidden from outside view. Alternatively, the apparatus can comprise: an insert structure pivotably attached to the lense frame; a cavity provided in the forward end of the temple for receiving the insert structure; and a catch mechanism for releasably retaining the insert structure in the cavity. When the insert structure is retained in the cavity, the forward end of the temple will preferably be positioned directly adjacent to the lense frame such that the insert structure is substantially hidden from outside view.
165 Clip-on eyewear with biased temple arms US09399850 1999-09-21 US06196682B1 2001-03-06 Steven Benjamin Walmsley; Nelson David Bove
An eyewear assembly that is capable of biasing a temple arm tightly against a rim frame so as to pinch a storage surface therebetween for storage purposes. The eyewear assembly includes the rim frame having at least one pivot axis through the rim frame. The temple arm includes a pivot axis through the temple arm, with the pivot axis being coaxially disposed with the pivot axis of the rim frame. A device for clasping the temple arm and rim frame together in both an open and closed position is mounted proximate the pivot axes. The rim frame engages the temple arm to bias the temple arm against the rim frame—thereby establishing a predetermined load on the rim frame in the closed position. The device for clasping further includes a clasping feature located on the rim frame and a clasping feature located on the temple arm, with one of the clasping means including a detent and the other clasping feature including a pawl that engages the detent.
166 Eyeglass assembly US256655 1999-02-23 US6102542A 2000-08-15 Noriyuki Masuda
A pair of eyeglasses capable of maintaining the curve of an eyeglass main body even if temples are opened excessively wherein the temples do not pinch the head of a user to otherwise make the eyeglasses uncomfortable to wear even if the eyeglass main body is curved more sharply. The eyeglasses comprise a pair of left and right temples attached to left and right sides of an eyeglass main body through temple attachment members having a fork shape consisting of a fixed part fixedly attached to the eyeglass main body and a rocking part to which one end of each of the temples is attached.
167 Hinge for temple and lens frame of eyeglasses US272280 1999-03-19 US6019467A 2000-02-01 Shuichi Kawamoto
Eyeglasses having lenses, a lens frame, temples and hinges that connect the lens frame with the temples. The hinge parts are provided with elasticity or play. At the ends of the lens frame, hinge projections each having a deep hole and an elongated hole are established. At one end of each temple, a hinge thick part having two holes on the same axis is provided. A leaf spring is inserted in the deep hole, while a stem that runs through the elongated hole of the hinge projection and the two holes of the hinge thick part is provided so as to act on the leaf spring. The deep hole is the widest at its open end, and gets gradually narrower towards its deepest end. The leaf spring is preferably provided with a bendable part.
168 Hinge structure and bearing member for hinge in frame of spectacles US833343 1997-04-04 US5847801A 1998-12-08 Satoru Masunaga
This invention relates to a hinge structure in a frame of spectacles, wherein a bearing member having a pair of shaft insertion portions is mounted to a lens frame, a bifurcate member having shaft portions is fixed to an end of a temple to be in parallel with the temple, the shaft portions are respectively inserted into the shaft insertion portions such that the bifurcate member is horizontally movable, and a release prevention member is interposed inside the bifurcate member. Even if an external force is applied to a distal end of the bifurcate member, the bifurcate member is never released from the bearing portion, and smooth opening and closing functions of the temple may be guaranteed for a long period of time.
169 Spring-hinged frame for eyeware US762231 1996-12-09 US5835185A 1998-11-10 William R. Kallman; Leonard M. Dorfman; John F. Ahern
A power and control system for micro-electronics is described, as for lightweight, battery-powered electrochromic (EC) eyewear. Preferably such system includes a primary, lithium-type cell and a secondary, sealed lead acid-type cell in a hybrid, power-sharing configuration capable of supplying the low-energy, high-current (pulse) drain requirements of microelectronics, e.g. a switchable EC lens. A switch-mode power supply controller manages the power-sharing load on the hybrid battery system such that the secondary cell is charged by the primary cell. The system is capable of meeting short-term pulse drain requirements of switching EC lenses from clear to fully darkened at an acceptably fast rate and long-term operating life requirements of approximately 1500 cycles. The invented lead acid-type battery preferably is elongate, of uniform, right-rectangular cross section and provides over 20 mA-hours' capacity and the invented lithium-type battery preferably also is elongate, of uniform, right-rectanglular cross section and provides over 180 mA-hours' capacity, all in a tiny volume compatible with one or more volume-restricted spaces. Preferably, the lithium-type and lead acid-type batteries are of approximately equal form factor and volume, for symmetric placement thereof in a void within either temple. The temples are hingedly connected with the eyewear's front piece via a unique leaf spring that biases the former into one of two orientations relative to the latter. Dual like-cell battery configurations also are disclosed, along with a flexible circuit defining one or more frame-mounted transmissivity switches. A microcontroller is described that fits within a tiny void formed in the eyewear's bridge. Finally an external, battery-powered battery charger case and circuit are described for use with EC eyewear powered by dual lead acid batteries.
170 Double baised eyeglass nosepiece US674670 1996-07-02 US5825453A 1998-10-20 Marc Christopher Baragar; Michael John Roman
An eyeglass nosepiece is formed on a housing that defines two translational paths for guiding two independently travelling nosepads. The nosepads are free to travel between the top and bottom of each path, opposed only by resilient biasing means which absorb downward shock to the nosepiece and urge the nosepads upward and inward to grip the wearer's nose securely.
171 Method for making a spectacle frame US675210 1996-06-17 US5815899A 1998-10-06 David Yinkai Chao
A method for manufacturing a spectacle frame includes molding a frame having two extensions formed in the side portions. The extensions each has a groove for receiving a spring and a ball and each has a lateral channel intersecting the groove. A pair of legs each has one end pivotally coupled to the free end portion of the extensions by a pin for allowing the legs to be engaged with the ball. The legs are not required to be excavated. In addition, the spring members can be easily assembled in the extensions of the spectacle frame.
172 Eyewear temple crank mechanism US804240 1997-02-20 US5764336A 1998-06-09 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche; Jorg Tragatschnig
A crank mechanism for eyewear comprises a rigid, elongated member which extends across the front frame of the eyewear. Opposite ends of the crank mechanism pivotally connect to the front ends of the right and left temple members, respectively, and operates to move the temple members between their open and folded positions simultaneously with each other.
173 Dual rate spring-action eyewear temple US687824 1996-07-26 US5673095A 1997-09-30 Simon M. Conway
A spring-action temple for eyewear includes an L-shaped notch formed in the outwardly facing surface of the temple, the notch forming a finger portion having a tip portion. As a lateral force is applied to the back end of the temple, the temple flexes at a thinned wall section of the notch for a first distance of travel T.sub.1, with the tip portion moving toward the front end of the temple until the tip abuts the wall of the notch. The temple may flex even further outwardly by flexing at a location rearwardly of the notch for a second distance of travel T.sub.2. Upon removal of lateral forces, the temple automatically returns to its unbiased position.
174 Multi-component eyewear US12291 1993-02-01 US5359370A 1994-10-25 Marc Mugnier
Disclosed is an eyewear system designed to improve the comfort, fit, functionability, and modularity of the eyewear. Features include a 180.degree. reflex spring hinge which improves comfort, fit, and safety; a sway-hinge mechanism that allows the temples to be independently adjusted to improve comfort and fit of the eyewear behind the ears; a strap-pad which has been ergonomically designed to fit different shaped and sized noses and can be positioned for wearer comfort and convenience; a frame and lens construction that allows for modularity by the easy removal and replacement of the lens, temples, tops of frames, and nose pieces; and accessories that can be added to the eyewear to provide a greater degree of comfort and to protect the face from ultraviolet radiation and the wind.
175 Spectacle frame US353631 1989-04-11 US4995713A 1991-02-26 Caterino Curto; Gianantonio Longo
Spectacle frame comprising a lens retaining portion (A) with lateral extensions (A') allowing flexible articulation of the side arms (C), characterized in that said extensions (A') are hollow and open in the direction of the side arms (C), each side arm (C) being provided with a connection part (B) having an internal transverse slot (3). Each side arm is provided with an S-shaped spring (1) that forms hooks (1', 1") at each end, the first end (1') being insertable into slot (3) of connection part (B), while the other end (1") is insertable into hollow extension (A'), which is so formed as to allow articulation of arms (C).
176 Temple biasing means US286180 1988-12-19 US4848891A 1989-07-18 Eugene Lee
A spring connected, two-part eyeglass temple shaft together with an operating sleeve which reciprocates longitudinally with respect to the temple shaft for flexing the spring and forcing the rear temple part against the wearer's head and for releasing the spring which then restores the original alignment of the temple parts. The sleeve also provides a rigid structural bridge between the temple parts.
177 Frames for spectacles US38354373 1973-07-30 US3899840A 1975-08-19 MAILLET RENE LOUIS
In a spectacles frame of the kind comprising a face and sidepieces each connected to the face by a hinge having first and second hinge knuckles connected together by a hinge pin, the first hinge knuckle being secured to a first one of the two parts consisting of the frame and a side-piece and the second hinge knuckle being secured to the second of the two parts, in which the first hinge knuckle is provided with two facets disposed parallel to the axis of the hinge pin, a resilient strip is secured to the second part and has a free end bearing against one or other of the two facets of the first hinge knuckle depending on the relative angular orientation of the first and second parts about the hinge pin, and the pivoting movement of the side-piece away from the face of the frame about the hinge pin is limited by the resilient strip being pushed by the first hinge knuckle into engagement with the second hinge knuckle.
178 Spectacle frame with temples angularly adjustable while spectacle frame is worn on head US36620273 1973-06-01 US3874775A 1975-04-01 LAZARUS HARRY J
A spectacle frame includes a frontal lens support including a nosebridge, a pair of temples, and hinges connecting each temple to a respective outer end of the lens support. Adjustment means, accessible externally of the spectacle frame while the latter is being worn on the head, are interengaged between the temples and the lens support and operable to adjust and set the temples angularly about the axes of the associated hinges to adjust the pressures of the temples against the head. The adjustment means may comprise threaded members threadedly engaged in one of the frontal lens support or the temple, and abutting the other thereof, the threaded members being provided with suitable operating means such as, for example, a sharply knurled knob operable with only one finger. The adjustment means may also comprise a spring-biased rack member which is locked in adjusted position by a pointed screw having a knurled head, threaded into a temple having a bore or the like receiving the rack. A cushion or cushions of foam rubber or the like are provided on the nose bridge of the lens support to engage the wearer''s nose.
179 Temple hinge spring US37397473 1973-06-27 US3829200A 1974-08-13 LINDBLOM F
In a spectacle frame a leaf spring is incorporated in the vicinity of each hinge to engage the temples in such a way as to press the temples against the wearer and enable the spectacles to be worn more comfortably without slipping and to be more securely retained in position on the head of the wearer.
180 Tensioning device for eyeglass frames US3713731D 1971-08-05 US3713731A 1973-01-30 GARDNER I
An eyeglass frame has tensioning means for hinged temples. The tensioning means includes a springy member secured to each of the temples. Each member has a cylindrical end edge bearing against an end of the eyeglass frame when the temples are in an open position, thereby exerting pressure thereon. The tensioning members can be adjusted by lateral adjusting screws set with the temples, to a position for the wearer''s comfort, whereby a particular pre-set tension will be maintained. The tensioning members may have elongated extensions serving as spring clips.
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