ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,597, issued on May 13, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Magnetic force electrical contacts" was invented by John Bernard Ardisana II (Torrance, Calif.), Yoav Ben-Haim (Culver City, Calif.) and Teodor Dabov (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic assembly including eyewear and/or an eyewear case having a support structure and a conductive contact surface supported by the support structure. The eyewear case includes electronic components, an electrical contact surface adapted to engage the conductive contact surface of the eyewear, a first magnet attached to the electrical contact surface, and a seco...