Patents by Inventor Adrien KAUFFMANN

Adrien KAUFFMANN 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a custom spectacle frame
    Patent number: 10562230
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spectacle frame face for a wearer, which method includes digitizing the face of the wearer, designing a virtual model of the front of the frame, including: loading the digitized face; plotting a draft of the front of the frame; from the face: plotting a primary draft according to the curvature of the face in a horizontal plane; plotting a secondary draft according to the curvature of the face in a median plane, constructing a three-dimensional layer from these drafts; cutting a rough form of the front of the frame in the layer; and creating the front of the frame by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AK OPTIQUE
    Inventor: Adrien Kauffmann
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CUSTOM SPECTACLE FRAME
    Publication number: 20190337230
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spectacle frame face for a wearer, which method includes digitizing the face of the wearer, designing a virtual model of the front of the frame, including: loading the digitized face; plotting a draft of the front of the frame; from the face: plotting a primary draft according to the curvature of the face in a horizontal plane; plotting a secondary draft according to the curvature of the face in a median plane, constructing a three-dimensional layer from these drafts; cutting a rough form of the front of the frame in the layer; and creating the front of the frame by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: AK Optique
    Inventor: Adrien KAUFFMANN