Patents by Inventor Erich Minier

Erich Minier 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).

  • Prismatic retroreflector having a multi-plane facet
    Patent number: 7371339
    Abstract: A retroreflective structure includes a retroreflective sheeting having an array of transparent prisms formed into pairs of prisms. Each prism includes a base aperture and three intersecting lateral faces meeting at an apex. Each of the lateral faces includes a base edge which forms a portion of the perimeter of the base aperture. The base edge of each lateral face intersects the base edge of a contiguous lateral face to form a base point, the first face of at least one prism in the array including a first face first planar surface and a first face second planar surface. The first face first planar surface and the first face second planar surface are contiguous along an edge having a first and second end points, wherein the apex, the first end point, and a first base point are coplanar and form a continuous edge from the first base point to the apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Reflexite Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Jing Lu, Gary J. Gauer, David A. Jacob, Erich Minier
  • Prismatic retroreflector having a multi-plane facet
    Publication number: 20040135272
    Abstract: A retroreflective structure includes a retroreflective sheeting having an array of transparent prisms formed into pairs of prisms. Each prism includes a base aperture and three intersecting lateral faces meeting at an apex. Each of the lateral faces includes a base edge which forms a portion of the perimeter of the base aperture. The base edge of each lateral face intersects the base edge of a contiguous lateral face to form a base point, the first face of at least one prism in the array including a first face first planar surface and a first face second planar surface. The first face first planar surface and the first face second planar surface are contiguous along an edge having a first and second end points, wherein the apex, the first end point, and a first base point are coplanar and form a continuous edge from the first base point to the apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Reflexite Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Jing Lu, Gary J. Gauer, David A. Jacob, Erich Minier
  • Prismatic retroreflector having a multi-plane facet
    Patent number: 6626544
    Abstract: A retroreflective structure includes a retroreflective sheeting having an array of transparent prisms formed into pairs of prisms. Each prism includes a base aperture and three intersecting lateral faces meeting at an apex. Each of the lateral faces includes a base edge which forms a portion of the perimeter of the base aperture. The base edge of each lateral face intersects the base edge of a contiguous lateral face to form a base point, the first face of at least one prism in the array including a first face first planar surface and a first face second planar surface. The first face first planar surface and the first face second planar surface are contiguous along an edge having a first and second end points, wherein the apex, the first end point, and a first base point are coplanar and form a continuous edge from the first base point to the apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Reflexite Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Jing Lu, Gary J. Gauer, David A. Jacob, Erich Minier
  • Prismatic retroreflector having a multi-plane facet
    Publication number: 20020141060
    Abstract: A retroreflective structure includes a retroreflective sheeting having an array of transparent prisms formed into pairs of prisms. Each prism includes a base aperture and three intersecting lateral faces meeting at an apex. Each of the lateral faces includes a base edge which forms a portion of the perimeter of the base aperture. The base edge of each lateral face intersects the base edge of a contiguous lateral face to form a base point, the first face of at least one prism in the array including a first face first planar surface and a first face second planar surface. The first face first planar surface and the first face second planar surface are contiguous along an edge having a first and second end points, wherein the apex, the first end point, and a first base point are coplanar and form a continuous edge from the first base point to the apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: Reflexite Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Jing Lu, Gary J. Gauer, David A. Jacob, Erich Minier