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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robin Michael Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
James Aldrich, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Julian Hammerstein, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Adam Hewko, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Alan Tempel, Issaquah, WA (US);
Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to a metal frame in a head-mounted display (HMD) that is structured to absorb impact and protect components of the HMD. The metal frame has a wall that is spaced away from a protection shell securing a display panel in the HMD. When the HMD is dropped or subject to external force, the wall may deform but keep the protection shell intact. Moreover, the metal frame has protruding ridges and brackets that surround outward facing cameras on the HMD. If the HMD is dropped, the protruding ridges and brackets can provide protection to the cameras.