US Patent Issued to Snap on June 24 for "Eyewear with RF shielding having grounding springs" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,516, issued on June 24, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Eyewear with RF shielding having grounding springs" was invented by Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli (Los Angeles), Ugur Olgun (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Stephen Andrew Steger (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield can for an electronic eyewear device is described that reduces RF signals emanating from the electronic eyewear device. The shield can is attached to a ground plate of the electronic eyewear device using leaf springs on a side of the shield can. The leaf springs do not add to the stack-up thickness of the shield can assembly and provide a b...