ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,147, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Wearable electronic device with articulated joint" was invented by Nicholas Streets (Los Angeles), Jun Lin (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Stephen Steger (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected ...