Eyewear for outputting audio information to the wearer include an eyewear temple, which has at least one loudspeaker. The eyewear temple is configured for placement on an ear of the wearer and spaced apart from an ear opening of the wearer's ear so that the sound waves generated by the loudspeaker are transmitted over the surroundings to the spaced ear opening. The loudspeaker is an ultrasonic loudspeaker. The eyewear has a parametric audio unit that includes the ultrasonic loudspeaker and configured to generate an audible sound beam directed at the ear.

A manufacturing process and the semi-finished product of thermoplastic material obtained therefrom, for obtaining products with aesthetic patterns which can be perceived in semitransparency also in depth is disclosed. The process includes: (i) producing at least two initial elements of thermoplastic material with even but different aesthetic patterns, having a different concentration of the dominating coloring, at least the dominating coloring being of the bleeding type in the specific thermoplastic material; (ii) shaping the two initial elements into strips or loaves being of a submultiple width, not below ⅕ of a characteristic dimension of the desired finished product; (iii) inserting at least two of the strips or loaves having different concentration of the dominating coloring, into a workform, arranging them side by side according to a direction of side-by-side arrangement; and (iv) undergoing pressure and heat to allow the melting and hardening of the thermoplastic material into a single body.

Disclosed is a 3D printed eyewear frame having an integrated hinge. Advantageously, the integrated hinge assembly is a crossed spring hinge. Methods of manufacturing a 3D printed eyewear frame are likewise provided.

Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear (e.g., eyeglasses) without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. Often, the electrical components can be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere.

An eyeglass frame includes a frame, temples rotatably attached to the frame, and eyeglass lenses attached to the frame. Each of the temples includes a temple core and a temple cover and forms a clearance between the temple core and the temple cover.

Pairs of foldable glasses are provided. The pair of foldable glasses includes two lenses surrounded by a frame, the two lenses having a first side and a second side, the first side facing outwards and the second side facing the wearer, a hinged bridge for connecting the lenses together and permitting the lenses to fold together, and two temple pieces extending from an outer edge of the frame with a hinged connection between each of the temple pieces and the outer edge of the frame enabling the two temple pieces to fold inwards or forwards, wherein the two temple pieces have a hinged joint permitting a rear section of the temple pieces to fold forwards underneath the temple pieces, wherein the rear sections each include a loop configured to enable the pair of foldable glasses to be secured to a separate device.

A sun glare reducer provides a right templar portion and a left templar portion. Each of the right templar portion and the left templar portion includes an elongate member having a first free end and a second connected end that connects the elongate member to the facial portion. A facial portion extends between the right templar portion and the left templar portion. The facial portion includes a right under-portion that extends inwardly toward a center of the facial portion from the right vertical portion and a left under-portion that extends inwardly toward a center of the facial portion the left vertical portion. A light absorbing surface extends outwardly away from each of the right under-portion and the left under-portion.

A wearable device is disclosed according to one embodiment. The wearable device can include an eyewear body, onboard electronic components, a thermal coupling and a heat transfer device. The eyewear body can be configured for wearing by a user to hold one or more optical elements mounted on the eyewear body within a field of view of the user. The onboard electronic components can be carried by the eyewear body at a first portion of the eyewear body and can comprise a heat source that generates heat during electrically powered operation thereof. The thermal coupling can be thermally coupled to the heat transfer device at a second portion of the eyewear body. The elongate heat transfer device can be disposed within the eyewear body and can be thermally coupled to the heat source and the thermal coupling. The heat transfer device can extend lengthwise between the heat source and the thermal coupling to transfer heat from the heat source to the thermal coupling.

An eyeglass apparatus comprises first and second eyeglass portions, each having a connector portion and a lens portion. The eyeglass apparatus is configured to transition between stowed and extended configurations. When the eyeglass apparatus is in the stowed configuration, the lens portions overlie one another. When the eyeglass apparatus is in the extended configuration, the lens portions are in a non-overlying configuration.

An example embodiment includes eyewear. The eyewear includes a lens, a brow piece, and two temple assemblies. The brow piece is configured to position the lens in front of the eyes of a user during use. The two temple assemblies are coupled to the brow piece by two hinges. Each of the temple assemblies are configured to extend along a side of a head of the user during use. Each of the temple assemblies includes a temple substrate and a wave-shaped insert. The wave-shape insert includes at least one horizontal span and at least one vertical portion. The horizontal span is configured to dictate the deflection of a first portion of the temple substrate and enable rotation of the first portion of the temple substrate about the horizontal span. The vertical portion is configured to dictate a torsional stiffness of a second portion of the temple assembly.