Patents by Inventor Chuck Boho

Chuck Boho 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).

  • LENS HANDLING IN AUTOMATED LENS COATING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100136227
    Abstract: A lens coating system, which includes a gripper assembly for transferring and loading lenses, further includes one or more features to facilitate improved lens handling within the system. The one or more features includes a sensor assembly that is adapted to detect whether a single blocked lens or a pair of blocked lenses is being loaded by the gripper assembly into a spindle assembly of the system, and/or a sensor assembly that is adapted to detect a displacement of a lens holding element, from which lenses are transferred, by the gripper assembly, when impinged upon by the gripper assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: THE WALMAN OPTICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: David R. Kirchoff, Mike Tschida, Chuck Boho, Cary Hostrawser, Mike Clyne