ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,959, issued on April 15, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Additively manufactured metal frame" was invented by Navid Poulad (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing is provided, including forming a metal frame of a head-mounted computing device shaped as a pair of eyeglasses. Forming the metal frame may include additively manufacturing the metal frame of the head-mounted computing device by performing laser sintering on aluminum powder or titanium powder. Forming the metal frame may further include removing an outer surface of the metal frame via a reductive proces...