Patents by Inventor Benjamin McLaughlin

Benjamin McLaughlin 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).

  • Patent number: 11249312
    Abstract: An optical device includes a display that emits light toward a lightguide. Display light reflects from lightguide surfaces by total internal reflection (TIR). The display is mounted proximate to the lightguide. The optical device includes a first surface at an eye-side of the optical device and a second surface at a world-side. The optical device includes a first material having a first Abbe number and a second material having a second Abbe number different from the first Abbe number. The first material and the second material cause a color correction to light from the display or alters a chromatic aberration of the light from the display. A head mountable frame supports the display and the lightguide including the first and second materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ozan Cakmakci, Daniel Corbalan, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant, Carlin Vieri, Juseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20210341739
    Abstract: An optical device includes a display that emits light toward a lightguide. Display light reflects from lightguide surfaces by total internal reflection (TIR). The display is mounted proximate to the lightguide. The optical device includes a first surface at an eye-side of the optical device and a second surface at a world-side. The optical device includes a first material having a first Abbe number and a second material having a second Abbe number different from the first Abbe number. The first material and the second material cause a color correction to light from the display or alters a chromatic aberration of the light from the display. A head mountable frame supports the display and the lightguide including the first and second materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ozan Cakmakci, Daniel Corbalan, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant, Carlin Vieri, Juseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20210341740
    Abstract: An optical device includes a display that emits light through a polarization grating and then through a field lens toward a lightguide. Display light reflects from lightguide surfaces by total internal reflection (TIR). The display is mounted proximate to the lightguide. The optical device includes a first surface at an eye-side of the optical device and a second surface at a world-side. The optical device includes a first material having a first Abbe number and a second material having a second Abbe number different from the first Abbe number. The polarization grating, the first material, and the second material cause a color correction to light from the display or alter a chromatic aberration of the light from the display. A head mountable frame supports the display and the lightguide including the first and second materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ozan Cakmakci, Yi Qin, Daniel Corbalan, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant, Carlin Vieri, Juseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11052625
    Abstract: A press includes a movable platen and a non-moving platen within a housing defining a pressing chamber, an opening is defined at the top of the pressing chamber for receiving a juice pack and an outlet is defined in a front wall of the chamber vertically between the top and bottom of the movable platen. The lid may include a front portion extending over the front of the pressing chamber and defining a slot that is aligned with a slot defined by the front wall to form the outlet. The front wall, the lid, and a sidewall may be removable for cleaning. The juice pack may have edges defining a rectangle with a spout at a first corner and an aperture for suspending the juice pack in the pressing chamber at a second corner that is intersected by a same edge intersecting the first corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FRESH PRESS LLC
    Inventors: Diego Solano, David Lee, Mason Curry, Michael Roberts, Timothy Barry, Giovanni Scalzo, Benjamin McLaughlin, Jacob Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20210129473
    Abstract: A press includes a movable platen and a non-moving platen within a housing defining a pressing chamber, an opening is defined at the top of the pressing chamber for receiving a juice pack and an outlet is defined in a front wall of the chamber vertically between the top and bottom of the movable platen. The lid may include a front portion extending over the front of the pressing chamber and defining a slot that is aligned with a slot defined by the front wall to form the outlet. The front wall, the lid, and a sidewall may be removable for cleaning. The juice pack may have edges defining a rectangle with a spout at a first corner and an aperture for suspending the juice pack in the pressing chamber at a second corner that is intersected by a same edge intersecting the first corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Diego Solano, David Lee, Mason Curry, Michael Roberts, Timothy Barry, Giovanni Scalzo, Benjamin McLaughlin, Jacob Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20150091765
    Abstract: A wearable device band may contain a plurality of flexible sections and rigid sections. A radio frequency circuit and a central processing unit may be located on respective rigid sections. An antenna may be located at a flexible section and may be a given distance away from the portion of the band that touches a user's skin when the wearable device is worn by a user. The flexible section may contain a grounding flap and also may be configured to stretch over a roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Frank, Carson Lau, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant
  • Publication number: 20080128586
    Abstract: The present invention includes a sun sensor assembly having an aperture that defines an area that is less than the area of the photo-detecting surface of a corresponding first photo-detector. According to another aspect, the present invention also includes a solar concentrator includes at least two sun sensor assemblies mounted on the concentrator in a manner to help the solar concentrator track the sun. According to another aspect, the present invention also includes a method of processing electrical signals from two or more photo-detectors. According to yet another aspect, the present invention includes a sun tracking system that includes a solar panel that includes a solar concentrator and control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Richard L. Johnson, Braden E. Hines, Philip C. Irwin, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant
  • Patent number: 6923991
    Abstract: A bactericide useful as a shelf life extender for produce and other food products. The bactericide is an aqueous solution formed from water, copper sulfate pentahydrate and a reagent, which can either be an acid or hydrogen peroxide. The bactericide is applied as a coating on the food product and is especially useful in extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Other applications of the bactericide include treatment of drinking water, bacteria and algae control in pools and natural bodies of, water and as a disinfectant in cleansers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Global Microbio Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Francis Benjamin McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20030157188
    Abstract: A bactericide useful as a shelf life extender for produce and other food products. The bactericide is an aqueous solution formed from water, copper sulfate pentahydrate and a reagent, which can either be an acid or hydrogen peroxide. The bactericide is applied as a coating on the food product and is especially useful in extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Other applications of the bactericide include treatment of drinking water, bacteria and algae control in pools and natural bodies of water, and as a disinfectant in cleansers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Global Microbio Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Francis Benjamin McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 3966523
    Abstract: Methods for forming a composite ring having unidirectional filaments embedded in a polymer matrix is disclosed. The filaments are spirally wound within the ring to form a plurality of essentially circular hoops which are in coaxial alignment with the expected lines of principle force. In one embodiment the formed ring is structurally integrated into the rotor of a gas turbine engine to reinforce the rotor and to restrain the rotor blades which extend outwardly of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Severin Jakobsen, David Benjamin McLaughlin