Patents by Inventor Julio Pinto Chaves

Julio Pinto Chaves 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).

  • Asymmetric TIR lenses producing off-axis beams
    Patent number: 6924943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of a total internal reflection lens whereby a tilted symmetry axis leads to a net deflection of the output beam away from the surface normal of the exit surface. Linear TIR lenses have a net deflection transverse to their focal strip. Circular TIR lens profiles going beyond 90° are tilted to bring the rim level with the source, the deflected rays exiting the lens to form an off-axis beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Juan C. Minano, Waqidi Falicoff, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, Julio Pinto Chaves, Yupin Sun
  • Asymmetric TIR lenses producing off-axis beams
    Publication number: 20040105171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of a total internal reflection lens whereby a tilted symmetry axis leads to a net deflection of the output beam away from the surface normal of the exit surface. Linear TIR lenses have a net deflection transverse to their focal strip. Circular TIR lens profiles going beyond 90° are tilted to bring the rim level with the source, the deflected rays exiting the lens to form an off-axis beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
    Inventors: Juan C. Minano, Waqidi Falicoff, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, Julio Pinto Chaves, Yupin Sun