Patents by Inventor Alan Cortizo

Alan Cortizo 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).

  • Publication number: 20260118623
    Abstract: Described herein is an arrangement for a tunable lens, which comprises a deformable lens shaping element with a central axis and a radial axis and with a perimetrical edge that extends about the central axis and wherein the perimetrical edge is designed to interact and mechanically deform a membrane of the tunable lens in order to change at least one optical property of the tunable lens. The arrangement further comprises a moveable adjustment element, which is mechanically coupled to the lens shaping element by a bearing, wherein the bearing limits an axial translational degree of freedom, such that an axial force is transmittable between the lens shaping element and the adjustment element parallel to the central axis and wherein the bearing provides a radial rotational degree of freedom for a relative rotation between the lens shaping element and the adjustment element about the radial axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Roman Patscheider, Wolfgang Zesch, Alan Cortizo, Erik Hebestreit, David Niederer
  • Patent number: 12504620
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for a tunable lens, which comprises a deformable lens shaping element (1) with a central axis (2) and a radial axis (5) and with a perimetrical edge (3) that extends about the central axis (2) and wherein the perimetrical edge (3) is designed to interact and mechanically deform a membrane of the tunable lens in order to change at least one optical property of the tunable lens. The arrangement further comprises a moveable adjustment element (13), which is mechanically coupled to the lens shaping element (1) by a bearing, wherein the bearing limits an axial translational degree of freedom (7), such that an axial force is transmittable between the lens shaping element (1) and the adjustment element (13) parallel to the central axis (2) and wherein the bearing provides a radial rotational degree of freedom (12) for a relative rotation between the lens shaping element (1) and the adjustment element (13) about the radial axis (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Optotune Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Roman Patscheider, Wolfgang Zesch, Alan Cortizo, Erik Hebestreit
  • Publication number: 20250271661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tiltable mirror device comprising the components: a tiltable portion comprising a substrate having a reflective layer for reflecting electromagnetic waves, a fixed portion relative to which the tiltable portion is movable, a bearing assembly mechanically connecting the fixed portion and the tiltable portion, wherein the bearing assembly is arranged to render the tiltable portion tiltable around at least one axis of rotation with respect to the fixed portion, an actuator assembly, wherein the actuator assembly comprises two components, namely a coil portion comprising one or more coils each comprising an electric conductor, and a magnetic assembly, wherein one component of the actuator assembly is comprised by the tiltable portion, and wherein the other component of the actuator assembly is comprised by the fixed portion, wherein the components of the actuator assembly are arranged to move the tiltable portion with respect to the fixed portion by means of a Lorentz force, wherein the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zesch, Manuel Aschwanden, Alan Cortizo, Xavier Palou Garcia, Michael Zihlmann, Felix Arnold
  • Patent number: 12298592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tiltable mirror device (1) comprising the components: a tiltable portion (2) comprising a substrate (2.1) having a reflective layer (2.2) for reflecting electromagnetic waves, a fixed portion (3) relative to which the tiltable portion (2) is movable, a bearing assembly (4) mechanically connecting the fixed portion (3) and the tiltable portion (2), wherein the bearing assembly (4) is arranged to render the tiltable portion (2) tiltable around at least one axis of rotation (100) with respect to the fixed portion (3), an actuator assembly, wherein the actuator assembly comprises two components, namely a coil portion (6) comprising one or more coils (6.1, 6.2) each comprising an electric conductor (6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Optotune Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zesch, Manuel Aschwanden, Alan Cortizo, Xavier Palou Garcia, Michael Zihlmann, Felix Arnold
  • Publication number: 20250044487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a focus-tunable liquid lens (100) comprising a container (6) filled with a transparent liquid, wherein the container (6) comprises container components: a) an elastically deformable transparent membrane (4) arranged on a first side of the container (6), b) a transparent window element (5) arranged opposite the membrane (4) on a second side of the container (6), particularly wherein the window element (5) forms a transparent bottom portion of the container (6), c) an elastically deformable circumferential wall portion (1) connecting the window element (5) and the membrane (4) along a contour of the wall portion (1), the wall portion (1) limiting a radial extension of the container (6) along a radial direction of the lens (100), d) a lens shaping element connected to the membrane (4), wherein the lens shaping element has a circumferential aperture comprising an optical axis (OA) of the lens (100), wherein the aperture encloses a lens area of the membrane (4) within which a shape of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: OPTOTUNE SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Erik HEBESTREIT, Alan CORTIZO
  • Publication number: 20240019682
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for a tunable lens, which comprises a deformable lens shaping element (1) with a central axis (2) and a radial axis (5) and with a perimetrical edge (3) that extends about the central axis (2) and wherein the perimetrical edge (3) is designed to interact and mechanically deform a membrane of the tunable lens in order to change at least one optical property of the tunable lens. The arrangement further comprises a moveable adjustment element (13), which is mechanically coupled to the lens shaping element (1) by a bearing, wherein the bearing limits an axial translational degree of freedom (7), such that an axial force is transmittable between the lens shaping element (1) and the adjustment element (13) parallel to the central axis (2) and wherein the bearing provides a radial rotational degree of freedom (12) for a relative rotation between the lens shaping element (1) and the adjustment element (13) about the radial axis (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Optotune Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Roman Patscheider, Wolfgang Zesch, Alan Cortizo, Erik Hebestreit
  • Publication number: 20220334349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tiltable mirror device (1) comprising the components: a tiltable portion (2) comprising a substrate (2.1) having a reflective layer (2.2) for reflecting electromagnetic waves, a fixed portion (3) relative to which the tiltable portion (2) is movable, a bearing assembly (4) mechanically connecting the fixed portion (3) and the tiltable portion (2), wherein the bearing assembly (4) is arranged to render the tiltable portion (2) tiltable around at least one axis of rotation (100) with respect to the fixed portion (3), an actuator assembly, wherein the actuator assembly comprises two components, namely a coil portion (6) comprising one or more coils (6.1, 6.2) each comprising an electric conductor (6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Optotune AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zesch, Manuel Aschwanden, Alan Cortizo, Xavier Palou Garcia, Michael Zihlmann, Felix Arnold