Patents by Inventor Jonathan KRESS

Jonathan KRESS 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).

  • Patent number: 11969848
    Abstract: The tool includes a base including a rigid carrier and a flexible collar encircling the rigid carrier; an elastically compressible interface; and a flexible buffer including a central portion that is located in line with the rigid carrier and a peripheral portion that is located transversely therebeyond. This peripheral portion is connected to the carrier exclusively via the interface and via the collar, wherein the collar is configured so that the tool is elastically deformable between a rest position that it adopts in the absence of stress and a reference position in which the transverse end second surface of the flexible buffer is pressed against a reference surface that is spherical and of radius included between 40 mm and 1500 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Eric Gacoin, Pierre Kress, Jean Stephane, Jonathan Saulny
  • Publication number: 20240032450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: at least one tool module (4) having a quick-coupling interface (19); at least one support having a quick-coupling interface (19) and designed to hold the at least one tool module; and at least one data processing unit designed for computer-assisted tool management. The support for holding the tool module (4) comprises at least one support frame (16), at least one interface (21) for computer-assisted tool module identification, and at least one sensor unit. The support frame comprises at least one quick-coupling interface (19) for a tool module. The tool module comprises at least one implement (18) for use outdoors, at least one suspension that is compatible with the quick-coupling point on the support frame, at least one computer-readable storage medium (22) for computer-readable data, and at least one interface for transmission of computer-readable data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN
    Inventors: Thomas HERLITZIUS, André GROSA, Mario HENKE, Martin HENGST, Jonathan KRESS