Wearable devices and quick-release assemblies thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12578591-B2
Application number	US-202318322576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2023
Priority date	May 19, 2021
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A quick-release assembly of a wearable device is disclosed and includes a locking member and a mounting base provided with an insertion cavity having an opening formed on a side of the mounting base. An accommodation cavity is provided in the mounting base and spatially connected to the insertion cavity. The locking member includes a locking portion movably disposed on the mounting base along a direction connecting the accommodation cavity and the insertion cavity and an unlocking portion connected to the locking portion. The locking member has a first state and a second state relative to the mounting base. In the first state, at least a portion of the locking portion is disposed within the insertion cavity to lock a visual member entering the insertion cavity through the opening. In the second state, the locking portion is accommodated within the accommodation cavity to release the lock of the visual member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A quick-release assembly applied to a wearable device, wherein the quick-release assembly comprises:
a mounting base provided with an insertion cavity, the insertion cavity having an opening formed on a side of the mounting base, an accommodation cavity being provided in the mounting base and spatially connected to the insertion cavity; and a locking member including a locking portion and an unlocking portion connected to the locking portion, the locking member being movably disposed on the mounting base along a direction connecting the accommodation cavity and the insertion cavity, wherein
the locking member has a first state and a second state relative to the mounting base,
in the first state, at least a portion of the locking portion is disposed within the insertion cavity to lock a visual member that enters the insertion cavity through the opening, and
in the second state, the locking portion is accommodated within the accommodation cavity to release the lock of the visual member, the locking member is further provided with a first guide portion, and the mounting base is provided with a second guide portion cooperating with the first guide portion, the first guide portion is a guide block arranged on one side of the locking member, and the second guide portion is a guide slot arranged on the mounting base, a blocking wall is provided between the guide slot, the insertion cavity, and the accommodation cavity, the blocking wall is configured to block the quide block and provided with a connection port connecting the guide slot, the insertion cavity, and the accommodation cavity.

2 . The quick-release assembly of claim 1 , wherein the locking member is switched between the first state and the second state by pressing or rotating.

3 . The quick-release assembly of claim 2 , wherein
the locking member is slidably arranged on the mounting base, the quick-release assembly further includes an elastic member arranged on the mounting base, and the locking member is switched from the first state to the second state by pressing the locking member, the locking member compresses the elastic member, and the elastic member provides an elastic force to drive the locking member to switch from the second state to the first state.

4 . The quick-release assembly of claim 3 , wherein
the mounting base is further provided with a guide cavity that is on a side of the mounting base away from the accommodation cavity and spatially connected to the insertion cavity, and the quick-release assembly further includes a push member, the push member being connected to an end of the locking member away from the accommodation cavity and slidably arranged in the guide cavity so that the push member is allowed to be pressed to cause the locking member to switch from the second state to the first state.

5 . The quick-release assembly of claim 4 , wherein the elastic member is elastically compressed and supported between a bottom wall of the guide cavity and the push member.

6 . The quick-release assembly of claim 5 , wherein
the locking member is mounted on the mounting base by the guide cavity, and the quick-release assembly further includes a gasket, the gasket being supported by the bottom wall of the guide cavity, the gasket partially covering a connection port between the guide cavity and the insertion cavity to at least partially cover the locking portion, one end of the elastic member being supported on the gasket.

7 . The quick-release assembly of claim 6 , wherein the locking member further includes a connection portion arranged at one end of the unlocking portion, a cross-sectional area of the connection portion in a direction connecting the accommodation cavity and the insertion cavity is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the unlocking portion in the same direction,
the connection portion passes through the gasket, and both the locking portion and the unlocking portion are located on a side of the gasket away from the guide cavity, and the unlocking portion is restricted and blocked by the gasket.

8 . The quick-release assembly of claim 4 , wherein
the locking portion is further provided with a guide surface facing the opening, so that when the visual member is assembled in the insertion cavity, the visual member presses the locking member through the guide surface to cause the locking member to switch from the first state to the second state, and the guide surface is out of contact with the visual member to cause the elastic member to drive the locking member to switch from the second state to the first state.

9 . The quick-release assembly of claim 4 , wherein the guide cavity and the accommodation cavity are spatially connected to the insertion cavity, the guide cavity and the accommodation cavity are arranged on both sides of the insertion cavity along a direction connecting the guide cavity and the accommodation cavity, and the locking member is movably mounted on the insertion cavity and the accommodation cavity by the guide cavity.

10 . The quick-release assembly of claim 2 , wherein the mounting base is provided with a screw hole, the locking member is provided with a screw thread, and the locking member is threadedly connected with the mounting base, the position of the locking member relative to the mounting base is adjusted by rotating the screw thread to switch the first state and the second state of the locking member.

11 . The quick-release assembly of claim 1 , wherein the guide block includes a guide portion and an elastic portion,
one end of the elastic portion is connected to the guide portion and forms an elastic gap with the guide portion, the elastic portion presses against a side wall of the guide slot.

12 . The quick-release assembly of claim 1 , wherein one side of the mounting base is further provided with a positioning slot, the positioning slot being used to guide the visual member to insert into the opening of the insertion cavity and cooperate with the insertion cavity to position the visual member.

13 . The quick-release assembly of claim 12 , wherein one end of the mounting base away from the opening of the insertion cavity is further provided with a rotating connection portion, the rotating connection portion being used to hinge a wearing member of the wearable device.

14 . The quick-release assembly of claim 1 , wherein the visual member is provided with a locking hole, when the visual member is inserted into the insertion cavity, the locking portion is located in the locking hole to restrict the visual member to be fixed relative to the insertion cavity.

15 . A wearable device comprising a visual member and a quick-release assembly, the visual member being inserted into an insertion cavity and locked with a locking member, the quick-release assembly comprising:
a mounting base provided with the insertion cavity, the insertion cavity having an opening formed on a side of the mounting base, an accommodation cavity being provided in the mounting base and spatially connected to the insertion cavity; and the locking member including a locking portion and an unlocking portion connected to the locking portion, the locking member being movably disposed on the mounting base along a direction connecting the accommodation cavity and the insertion cavity, wherein
the locking member has a first state and a second state relative to the mounting base,
in the first state, at least a portion of the locking portion is disposed within the insertion cavity to lock a visual member that enters the insertion cavity through the opening, and

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fu Xin
• Liu Zhiqing
• Wang Yueqiang
• Zhang Haofeng

Classifications

• G02C5/22 Primary

  Hinges (pivotal connection in general F16C11/00) · CPC title

• G02C5/14

  Side-members · CPC title

• G02C5/146 Primary

  having special front end · CPC title

• G02C2200/26

  Coil spring pushed upon actuation · CPC title

• G02C2200/06

  Locking elements · CPC title