ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,594, issued on March 25, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Electrical connector in eyewear" was invented by John Bernard Ardisana II (Torrance, Calif.), Yoav Ben-Haim (Venice, Calif.), Teodor Dabov (Los Angeles) and Varun Sehrawat (Playa Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. The eyewear also includes an electrical c...