Patents Assigned to Rodenstock GmbH
  • Patent number: 7334893
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
  • Publication number: 20080038483
    Abstract: A method for producing an eyeglass lens provided with improved adhesion between an antireflective coating or mirror coating that is applied to the eyeglass lens. The lens may have a single-layer or multilayer structure and a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating. The method includes the steps of: providing an eyeglass lens; optionally applying a hard layer to the surface of the eyeglass lens; applying an antireflective coating or mirror coating encompassing one or several antireflective layers or mirror layers; performing a plasma treatment after applying the outermost antireflective layer; and applying a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Baerbel Goetz, Cecile Stolz, Gerd-Peter Scherg, Silvia Tomalka
  • Publication number: 20070279587
    Abstract: An individual eyeglass lens in which the vertical distance from the near reference point to the far distance point amounts to max. 18 millimeters, the progressive length is max. 14 millimeters, the main progressive length is max. 10 millimeters and the increase in refractive index, starting from the effect of the eyeglass lens at the far reference point up to a point 2 millimeters below the centering point amounts to less than 10% of the addition. The progressive length corresponds essentially to the vertical distance between the far reference point and a point essentially on the main line at which, starting from the far reference point, the value of the effect of the eyeglass lens corresponding the first time essentially to the near value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBH
    Inventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Walter Haimerl, Winfried Nikolaus, Kerstin Schmid, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Martin Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7300153
    Abstract: A double progressive spectacle lens in which a first prescribed progressive surface can be freely designed. The second progressive surface is then optimized in relation to the first prescribed surface. Thereby, the resulting spectacle lens avoids the need to employ a classic hourglass design progression zone and produces optical and geometric advantages such as an overall height of the progressive lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
  • Publication number: 20070252949
    Abstract: A workplace screen lens, having a workplace screen lens optimized at the middle of the lens for the middle viewing distances of approximately 60 centimeters to approximately 90 centimeters, and the progressive channel at the middle of the lens is at least 4 millimeters wide. The effect increases from the middle of the lens toward the bottom with the vertical coordinate y equal to approximately 0, reaching a near vision zone with an essentially constant effect at y equal to approximately ?12 millimeters. The progressive channel has a width of least 15 millimeters in the near vision zone, preferably at the near-reference point, the effect decreases from the middle of the lens up to y equal to approximately +10 millimeters to approximately +12 millimeters above the middle of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
  • Publication number: 20070246692
    Abstract: Photochromic h-annellated benzo[f]chromene compounds, especially photochromic compounds derived from benzo[f]chromenes, which compounds have particular long wavelength absorption maxima in their closed form and exhibit good performance in the open, colored form, so that good compatibility is achieved with indenonaphthopyrans which are diffused in phototropic glasses used in phototropic glass applications, and the use of such photochromic h-annellated benzo[f]chromene compounds in photochromic synthetic resin articles, particularly ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Melzig, Yven Rohlfing, Udo Weigand
  • Publication number: 20070172622
    Abstract: An ophthalmic glass that has a special layer structure and a surface energy of less than 15 mJ/m2, as well as a method of making a spectacle lens by grinding and/or stamping such an ophthalmic glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBH
    Inventors: Baerbel Goetz, Cecile Stolz, Gerd-Peter Scherg
  • Publication number: 20070132945
    Abstract: A method of calculating an individual progressive lens creates one or more basic designs for lenses based on theoretical specifications, and then creates starting designs from these basic designs. Individual progressive lenses are calculated from the starting designs corresponding to the individual data from wearing test subjects. Valid starting designs are then created fr production. The individual lenses are calculated from the starting designs according to individual customer data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: RODENSTOCK GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Haser, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
  • Patent number: 7229989
    Abstract: Photochromic 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran compounds corresponding to formula I in which the groups R1 to R7 and B? have defined meanings and the use of such photochromic compounds in synthetic resin articles of all types, particularly for ophthalmic purposes. The photochromic 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran derivatives have particularly long-waved absorption maxima in the open form, and when used in photochromic eyeglass lenses, produce essentially blue color tones which have a high darkening capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
  • Patent number: 7229576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific photochromic phenanthropyrans as well as to their use in synthetic resin materials of all types, especially for ophthalmic purposes. In particular, the present invention relates to photochromic compounds derived from 2H-phenanthro[2,1-b]pyrans and 3H-phenanthro[3,4-b]pyrans, which in the open form have especially long wavelength absorption maxima, but in the unexcited state are still colorless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
  • Publication number: 20070109496
    Abstract: A method of producing a progressive spectacle glass by defining an ordering value for the average use value in the far reference point of the progressive spectacle glass, calculating the progressive spectacle glass while taking into account a calculation value of the average use value in the far reference point, the calculation value having a negative desired refraction deviation between 0.03 dpt and 0.2 dpt with respect to the ordering value in the far reference point, and producing the calculated progressive spectacle glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Andrea Welk, Leonhard Schmid, Martin Zimmermann, Kerstin Schmid, Norbert Awrath, Jochen Brosig, Winfried Nikolaus, Werner Muller, Ilka Schwarz
  • Patent number: 7210779
    Abstract: A double-progressive spectacle lens in which the progressive action is distributed over the front and rear surfaces of the double-progressive spectacle lenses and described by the quotient Q Q=Addvfl/AddGesamt where Addvfl represents the increase in the surface dioptric power along the principal line on the front surface between the distance area and the near area, and ADDGesamt represents the increase in the total dioptric power along the principal line between the distance area and the near area, and the fraction Q increases with growing distance area effect F: ? Q ? ( F ) ? F ? 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Esser, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Helmut Altheimer, Martin Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20070035696
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for producing a progressive ophthalmic lens having at least one progressive surface, where by a calculation and optimization step in the production of the progressive lens is performed. The absolute value of the rotation |rot {right arrow over (A)}| and/or the divergence |div {right arrow over (A)}| of a vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is as small as possible, and the absolute value |{right arrow over (A)}| of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the absolute value of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens. The direction of the vectorial astigmatism {right arrow over (A)} is proportional to the axial position of an astigmatism in the use position of the progressive lens or a surface astigmatism of the at least one progressive surface of the progressive lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Wolfgang Becken, Walter Haimerl, Andrea Welk, Edda Wehner
  • Patent number: 7168805
    Abstract: A method of optimizing a progressive lens is described. This invention is characterized by the following steps: selecting a preset progressive lens having a preset object distance function A1(x,y), selecting an object distance function A2(x=x0,y) along the main line of vision of the preset progressive lens for a lens that is to be derived, locating the map U:y?y? along the main line of vision, such that the value y? for which the following holds is calculated for each value of y: A1(x=x0,y)=A2(x=x0,y?), calculating the setpoint values S(x,y) at S(x,y?)=S(x,U(y)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk, Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl
  • Publication number: 20070008488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a single-strength spectacle lens while taking into account an individual spectacle wearer's data, the single-strength spectacle lens having a rotationally symmetrical base surface and a rotationally symmetrical aspherical or atoric prescription surface, comprising the following steps: Acquisition of an individual spectacle wearer's data; selection of a spectacle lens blank with a predetermined base surface from a group of spectacle lens blanks; and calculation and optimization of the prescription surface while taking into account at least a part of the individual spectacle wearer's data in addition to an adaptation of the dioptric effect by the prescription surface to the spectacle wearer's prescription. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for producing a single-strength spectacle lens and to an individual single-strength spectacle lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBH
    Inventors: Gregor Esser, Werner Mueller, Herbert Pfeiffer, Helmut Altheimer, Peter Baumbach, Walter Haimerl, Jochen Brosig
  • Patent number: 7144110
    Abstract: A double progressive spectacle lens having a prefabricated progressive surface and a second progressive surface for correcting a spherical ametropia or a cylindrical ametropia, in which the surface properties of the progressive surface in the vicinity of the principal line of sight are asymmetric, the asymmetry being determined by the symmetry factor SA, which is determined in relation to the level A by the ratio of the smaller to the larger horizontal distance between the principal line of sight and the location at which the surface astigmatism in the horizontal section reaches the value A [dpt].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Haimerl, Helmut Altheimer, Gregor Esser, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
  • Publication number: 20060219990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to specific photochromic phenanthropyrans as well as to their use in synthetic resin materials of all types, especially for ophthalmic purposes. In particular, the present invention relates to photochromic compounds derived from 2H-phenanthro[2,1-b]pyrans and 3H-phenanthro[3,4-b]pyrans, which in the open form have especially long wavelength absorption maxima, but in the unexcited state are still colorless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Rodenstock GMBH
    Inventors: Claudia Mann, Manfred Melzig, Udo Weigand
  • Patent number: 7083277
    Abstract: A pair of spectacle lenses in which one spectacle lens is designed for distance vision or near vision, and the second spectacle lens is designed for another object distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Esser, Helmut Altheimer, Walter Haimerl, Edda Wehner, Andrea Welk
  • Patent number: 7073903
    Abstract: Spectacles comprise a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment which comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore in a lens and is secured by a plug in such manner that the wire is urged into positive engagement with axially extending grooves in a wall of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Rapp
  • Patent number: D552346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Rodenstock GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Schoenmueller