Patents by Inventor Eric BEGG

Eric BEGG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240075698
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for an optical system. In some aspects, the systems and devices may produce a wafer for use in the manufacture of an optical article. The wafer includes a laminate having a first layer that includes a first matrix material having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface and a second layer that includes a second matrix material, the second layer is coupled to the first layer and covers at least a portion of the lower surface or the upper surface. The first layer includes a first thickness at a central portion that is greater than a second thickness at an edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zbigniew TOKARSKI, Eric BEGG, Ahmed DRAMMEH, Hao-Wen CHIU
  • Patent number: 11833772
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for an optical system. In some aspects, the systems and devices may produce a wafer for use in the manufacture of an optical article. The wafer includes a laminate having a first layer that includes a first matrix material having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface and a second layer that includes a second matrix material, the second layer is coupled to the first layer and covers at least a portion of the lower surface or the upper surface. The first layer includes a first thickness at a central portion that is greater than a second thickness at an edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Zbigniew Tokarski, Eric Begg, Ahmed Drammeh, Hao-Wen Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230161076
    Abstract: A method of forming an ophthalmic laminate lens, includes: forming a planar laminate (100) by adhering a first stretched polymer layer (115) to a first side of a thermoplastic elastomer layer (120), and adhering a second polymer layer (125) to a second side of the thermoplastic elastomer layer (120), the first stretched polymer layer (115) having a thickness greater than 250 ?m, the second polymer layer (125) having a thickness greater than 250 ?m, and the thermoplastic elastomer layer (120) having a thickness in a range of 15 ?m to 150 ?m; thermoforming the planar laminate (100) into a curved laminate (105), the curve laminate (105) having a pre-molding curvature; arranging the curved laminate(105) in a mold (145a); and molding, via the mold set (145a, 145b) at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure, the curved laminate (105) with a polymer melt (140) into a curved lens, wherein a temperature of the polymer melt (140) is above a stretch temperature of the first stretched polymer layer (115)
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Zbigniew TOKARSKI, Ahmed DRAMMEH, Eric BEGG, Mauricio AMAYA GUTIERREZ
  • Publication number: 20230140081
    Abstract: A method of forming an ophthalmic laminate lens, includes: forming a planar laminate by adhering a first polycarbonate layer to a first side of a thermoplastic elastomer layer, and adhering a second polycarbonate layer to a second side of the thermoplastic elastomer layer, the first polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 ?m, the second polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 ?m, and the thermoplastic elastomer layer having a thickness in a range of 15 ?m to 150 ?m; thermoforming the planar laminate into a curved laminate, the curve laminate having a pre-molding curvature; arranging the curved laminate in a mold; and molding, via the mold set at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure, the curved laminate with a polymer melt into a curved lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed DRAMMEH, Eric BEGG, Zbigniew TOKARSKI, Peiqi JIANG
  • Publication number: 20220055327
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is provided. The method involves preparing a cross-polarization cancelling optical film for an optical article comprising providing a film having at least a first section comprising a first edge, a second section comprising a second edge, and a predetermined color intensity; providing an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises at least a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to stretch at least a portion of the film; and continuously and asymmetrically stretching at least a portion of the film using the apparatus, while substantially maintaining the color intensity of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Zbigniew TOKARSKI, Eric BEGG, Srinivasan BALASUBRAMANIAN, Hao-Wen CHIU
  • Publication number: 20210178710
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for an optical system. In some aspects, the systems and devices may produce a wafer for use in the manufacture of an optical article. The wafer includes a laminate having a first layer that includes a first matrix material having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface and a second layer that includes a second matrix material, the second layer is coupled to the first layer and covers at least a portion of the lower surface or the upper surface. The first layer includes a first thickness at a central portion that is greater than a second thickness at an edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Zbigniew TOKARSKI, Eric BEGG, Ahmed DRAMMEH, Hao-Wen CHIU