US Patent Issued to Snap on Feb. 10 for "Eyewear charging case using charge pins as communication path" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,022, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Eyewear charging case using charge pins as communication path" was invented by Miran Alhaideri (Los Angeles), Alex Bamberger (Venice, Calif.), Gerald Nilles (Culver City, Calif.), Russell Douglas Patton (Playa Vista, Calif.) and Yu Jiang Tham (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case for an eyewear device having a conductive interface includes a housing that receives the eyewear device. A multi-purpose interface, supported by the housing, includes at least one contact arranged to couple with the conductive interface of the eyewear device when the housing ...