Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ian Curnow

Benjamin Ian Curnow 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: 20240369854
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: ADLENS LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Edward STEVENS, Alex EDGINTON, Daniel Paul RHODES, Martyn Francis KENNEALLY, Simon Peter HORROCKS, Benjamin Ian CURNOW
  • Patent number: 11994754
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ADLENS LTD
    Inventors: Robert Edward Stevens, Alex Edginton, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Martyn Francis Kenneally, Simon Peter Horrocks, Benjamin Ian Curnow
  • Patent number: 11194174
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ADLENS LTD
    Inventors: Robert Edward Stevens, Alex Edginton, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Martyn Francis Kenneally, Simon Peter Horrocks, Benjamin Ian Curnow
  • Publication number: 20210333572
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ADLENS LTD
    Inventors: Robert Edward STEVENS, Alex Edginton, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Marlyn Francis Kenneally, Simon Peter Horrocks, Benjamin Ian Curnow
  • Publication number: 20200201069
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: Adlens LTD, Adlens LTD
    Inventors: Robert Edward Stevens, Alex Edginton, Daniel Paul Rhodes, Martyn Francis Kenneally, Simon Peter Horrocks, Benjamin Ian Curnow