Patents Assigned to HOYA OPTICAL LABS OF AMERICA, INC.
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Publication number: 20240148599Abstract: A device may create an optical obstruction such as a haze for a predetermined amount of time in front of one or more eyes of the user and thereby trigger a blink response in the user. The device may include a lens having a plurality of layers and a sensor configured to detect a blink it at least one eye. At least one of the plurality of layers may include an electrodynamic layer in communication with the sensor. The electrodynamic layer may be configured to adjust the lens from a first state to a second state in response to a first signal from the sensor and from the second state back to the first state in response to a second signal from the sensor. The second state may include an at least partial obstruction of vision through the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Griff Altman, Michael Marshall, Suvagata Tripathi, Joshua Miller, Marga Acevedo, Craig Drury, Mehran Jaberzadeh
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Patent number: 11960057Abstract: An ophthalmic article having a coating system which provides antireflective and easy clean properties to the ophthalmic article. The coating system includes alternating layers of low refractive index metal oxide and high refractive index metal oxynitrides and corresponding high refractive index metal oxides. The coating system provides favorable surface energy to the ophthalmic article when at least one layer of the high refractive index metal oxynitride is encapsulated between two layers of low refractive index metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Michael Marshall, Jeffrey Brown
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Publication number: 20230375751Abstract: A photochromic polyurethane laminate wherein the photochromic polyurethane layer of the laminate has been crosslinked with an isocyanate-active prepolymer using a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent is formulated to have at least three functional groups that are reactive with functional groups of the polyurethane or of the isocyanate-active prepolymer. A method of making the photochromic polyurethane laminate includes steps of causing the crosslinking.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs Of America, Inc.Inventors: Hannah Vu, Hideyo Sugimura, Ping Fan, Hao Vu
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Publication number: 20230350115Abstract: An optimized photochromic dye microenvironment isolated from and dispersed within a distinct host phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Steven Harold Nahm, David Jerrel Kissel, Richard Blacker
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Patent number: 11802994Abstract: An easy-cleaning coating, an easy cleaning coating having anti-fogging properties, and an easy-cleaning, anti-reflective coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: David J. Kissel, Patrick S. Hawk, Michael S. Boulineau
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Publication number: 20230305319Abstract: An ophthalmic lens incorporating an array of microlenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Michael Marshall, José A. Orozco Rodriguez, Richard Blacker
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Patent number: 11754752Abstract: A photochromic polyurethane laminate wherein the photochromic polyurethane layer of the laminate has been crosslinked with an isocyanate-active prepolymer using a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent is formulated to have at least three functional groups that are reactive with functional groups of the polyurethane or of the isocyanate-active prepolymer. A method of making the photochromic polyurethane laminate includes steps of causing the crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Hannah Vu, Hideyo Sugimura, Ping Fan, Hao Vu
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Patent number: 11733441Abstract: An optimized photochromic dye microenvironment isolated from and dispersed within a distinct host phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Steven Harold Nahm, David Jerrel Kissel, Richard Blacker
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Patent number: 11719956Abstract: An ophthalmic lens incorporating an array of microlenses.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Michael Marshall, José A. Orozco Rodriguez, Richard Blacker
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Publication number: 20230161080Abstract: A patterned lens with abrasion resistance having a base layer hard coat and a top hard coat. The base layer hardcoat may be formed on a film or sheet and used in molding the patterned lens. The top hard coat may be applied after molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Brown, David Olund, Hannah Vu, Jose A. Orozco Rodriguez, Griff Altmann
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Patent number: 11650353Abstract: A cut pattern for a film or film laminate used in the fabrication of optical articles such as lenses.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Richard Blacker, Lance Andersen, James Kunkel, David Olund
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Patent number: 11560500Abstract: The present invention pertains to polyurethane-urea based optical adhesives for formation of optical film laminates, optically functional film laminates, and ophthalmic or eyeglass lenses employing the same and methods for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Ping Fan, Hannah Vu, James Mulligan, Steven Harold Nahm, David J. Kissel, Richard Blacker
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Publication number: 20220404643Abstract: A thin ophthalmic lens stabilized through incorporation of flange around all or a portion of a perimeter of the thin lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: David Olund, Justin Dodge
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Publication number: 20220382078Abstract: An ophthalmic lens operable to protect the eye from harmful ultraviolet and high energy visible wavelengths of light and methods for producing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: HOYA OPTICAL LABS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven Harold Nahm, Richard Blacker, David Kissel, David Olund
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Publication number: 20220334298Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarization filter for ophthalmic lenses. The polarization filter comprises a mesogen layer coated onto a retardation film, either directly or through an adhesive layer. The present invention further discloses that the polarization filter formed by employing a thin film or sheet, having a defined level of retardation between the light source and the mesogen layer, for example, a cholesteric mesogen layer, the multilayered laminate structure demonstrates linear polarization of the light transmitted through the mesogen laminate structure, and, hence, can be used in ophthalmic lenses, e.g. spectacle or eyeglass lenses. The polarization filter enhances the performance by allowing transmission of the polarization filter closer to the theoretical maximum transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: James Mulligan, Michael Boulineau, Jeffrey Brown, Jared Johnson, Michael Marshall, Sandy Goebel, Joseph Leaman
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Patent number: 11454828Abstract: A thin ophthalmic lens stabilized through incorporation of flange around all or a portion of a perimeter of the thin lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs Of America, Inc.Inventors: David Olund, Justin Dodge
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Patent number: 11442293Abstract: An ophthalmic lens operable to protect the eye from harmful ultraviolet and high energy visible wavelengths of light and methods for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: HOYA OPTICAL LABS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Steven Harold Nahm, Richard Blacker, David Kissel, David Olund
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Patent number: 11427754Abstract: Photochromic polyurethane laminates and methods for the formation of same wherein the photochromic polyurethane layer of the laminate has been crosslinked with a isocyanate-active prepolymer using a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent is formulated to have at least three functional groups that are reactive with functional groups of the polyurethane or of the isocyanate-active prepolymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Ping Fan, Hannah Vu
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Patent number: 11420426Abstract: A photochromic polyurethane laminate that is constructed to solve certain manufacturing difficulties involved in the production of plastic photochromic lenses is disclosed. The photochromic laminate includes at least two layers of a resinous material and a photochromic polyurethane layer that is interspersed between the two resinous layers and which contains photochromic compounds. The polyurethane layer is formed by curing a mixture of a solid thermoplastic polyurethane, at least one isocyanate prepolymer, at least one photochromic compound, and a stabilizing system.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Xuzhi Qin, Hideyo Sugimura, Michael Boulineau
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Patent number: 11346989Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarization filter for ophthalmic lenses. The polarization filter comprises a mesogen layer coated onto a retardation film, either directly or through an adhesive layer. The present invention further discloses that the polarization filter formed by employing a thin film or sheet, having a defined level of retardation between the light source and the mesogen layer, for example, a cholesteric mesogen layer, the multilayered laminate structure demonstrates linear polarization of the light transmitted through the mesogen laminate structure, and, hence, can be used in ophthalmic lenses, e.g. spectacle or eyeglass lenses. The polarization filter enhances the performance by allowing transmission of the polarization filter closer to the theoretical maximum transmission.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: James Mulligan, Michael Boulineau, Jeffrey Brown, Jared Johnson, Michael Marshall, Sandy Goebel, Joseph Leaman