Patents by Inventor Jörg Pütz

Jörg Pütz 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: 11794428
    Abstract: An inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens and fluids that can be used in an inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens are disclosed. The inkjet method includes the following steps: a) providing a substrate to be printed on, b) applying to the substrate to be printed on from step a) at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another, c) transferring the at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another from step b) into at least one volume composite, d) transferring the at least one volume composite from step c) into at least one homogeneous volume composite, e) transferring the at least one homogeneous volume composite from step d) into at least one final volume composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Weippert, Matthias Krieg, Jörg Pütz
  • Publication number: 20230314814
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens for an optical imaging element for producing a virtual image of an initial image includes a main body and at least one complementary element mounted on the main body. The main body has a material with a first index of refraction n1. A viscous or solid intermediate layer is arranged between the complementary element and the main body at least in the region where the complementary element overlaps with a reflection section of the main body. The material of the viscous or solid intermediate layer has a second index of refraction n2 that satisfies the condition n2<n1 sin(?E). ?E is an angle of incidence of the light beams of the imaging beam path proceeding from the incoupling section and incident on the reflection section, selected such that at least 50% of the light beams of the imaging beam path have an angle of incidence of ?>?E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joerg PUETZ, Momchil DAVIDKOV, Ramona ETTIG, Georg MICHELS, Kai BARTEL, Ersun KARTAL
  • Patent number: 11698534
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens for an optical imaging element for producing a virtual image of an initial image includes a main body and at least one complementary element mounted on the main body. The main body has a material with a first index of refraction n1. A viscous or solid intermediate layer is arranged between the complementary element and the main body at least in the region where the complementary element overlaps with a reflection section of the main body. The material of the viscous or solid intermediate layer has a second index of refraction n2 that satisfies the condition n2<n1 sin(?E). ?E is an angle of incidence of the light beams of the imaging beam path proceeding from the incoupling section and incident on the reflection section, selected such that at least 50% of the light beams of the imaging beam path have an angle of incidence of ?>?E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Puetz, Momchil Davidkov, Ramona Ettig, Georg Michels, Kai Bartel, Ersun Kartal
  • Patent number: 11697712
    Abstract: A lacquer composition is provided, comprising 20%-79.9% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a thiol compound having two or more thiol groups, 20%-79.9% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a compound having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds and 0.1%-10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a separating agent having an alkyl radical having 4-20 carbon atoms, where the alkyl radical is unsubstituted or fluorine-substituted and the alkyl radical is bonded to a functional group. Also provided are the use of this lacquer composition as a protective lacquer on an optical surface of an optical element in the production of the optical element, and an optical element comprising the protective lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Puetz, Hans-Joachim Weippert, Matthias Krieg
  • Publication number: 20220347951
    Abstract: An inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens and fluids that can be used in an inkjet method for producing a spectacle lens are disclosed. The inkjet method includes the following steps: a) providing a substrate to be printed on, b) applying to the substrate to be printed on from step a) at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another, c) transferring the at least two volume elements applied adjacently and/or adjoining one another from step b) into at least one volume composite, d) transferring the at least one volume composite from step c) into at least one homogeneous volume composite, e) transferring the at least one homogeneous volume composite from step d) into at least one final volume composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Weippert, Matthias Krieg, Jörg Pütz
  • Patent number: 11420364
    Abstract: An optical component has a small-volume section and a large-volume section, wherein said optical component is a single-piece injection-molded component with the exception of one region in the large-volume section, said component being supplemented, in the region in the large-volume section, by an add-on to the optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Puetz, Jens Prochnau
  • Publication number: 20220214518
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for mounting two spherical optical components. The device includes a first holder, having a receptacle for a first optical element with a first spherical convex face with a first radius, and a second holder, having a receptacle for a second optical element with a second spherical optical concave face with a second radius. At least one of the holders has a supporting face with a third radius, and the first holder can be supported on the second holder such that the radii have a common center point when the first optical element is held in the first holder and the second optical element is held in the second holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Prochnau, Jörg Pütz, Wolfgang Singer
  • Publication number: 20210389592
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens for an optical imaging element for producing a virtual image of an initial image includes a main body and at least one complementary element mounted on the main body. The main body has a material with a first index of refraction n1. A viscous or solid intermediate layer is arranged between the complementary element and the main body at least in the region where the complementary element overlaps with a reflection section of the main body. The material of the viscous or solid intermediate layer has a second index of refraction n2 that satisfies the condition n2<n1 sin(?E). ?E is an angle of incidence of the light beams of the imaging beam path proceeding from the incoupling section and incident on the reflection section, selected such that at least 50% of the light beams of the imaging beam path have an angle of incidence of ?>?E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Joerg PUETZ, Momchil DAVIDKOV, Ramona ETTIG, Georg MICHELS, Kai BARTEL, Ersun KARTAL
  • Patent number: 11169398
    Abstract: A spectacle lens has a transparent substrate and at least one HOE-capable polymer layer arranged on the transparent substrate. The at least one HOE-capable polymer layer is suitable for forming a holographic optical element. Related methods and apparatus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Pütz, Katharina Rifai, Karsten Lindig
  • Patent number: 11131853
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens for an optical imaging element for producing a virtual image of an initial image includes a main body and at least one complementary element mounted on the main body. The main body has a material with a first index of refraction n1. A viscous or solid intermediate layer is arranged between the complementary element and the main body at least in the region where the complementary element overlaps with a reflection section of the main body. The material of the viscous or solid intermediate layer has a second index of refraction n2 that satisfies the condition n2<n1 sin(?E). ?E is an angle of incidence of the light beams of the imaging beam path proceeding from the incoupling section and incident on the reflection section, selected such that at least 50% of the light beams of the imaging beam path have an angle of incidence of ?>?E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Puetz, Momchil Davidkov, Ramona Ettig, Georg Michels, Kai Bartel, Ersun Kartal
  • Patent number: 10754157
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes a) providing a first shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, b) applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured portion, c) providing a second shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, which shell has an integral embodiment and a smooth lower side which has a complementary form to the form of the upper side, d) applying an adhesive layer which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first shell and/or the lower side of the second shell, and e) connecting the upper side of the first shell with the lower side of the second shell by means of the adhesive layer such that a two-shell optical element is produced, in which the optically effective structure is buried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Hofmann, Gerhard Kelch, Wolf Krause, Joerg Puetz, Georg Michels
  • Patent number: 10690941
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens arrangement, in particular a spectacle lens arrangement, having a base lens element, wherein the base lens element has a first surface and wherein the first surface has a first optically effective region, wherein the first surface has an elongate recess and wherein the elongate recess extends adjacent to the first optically effective region and at least partly encompasses the first optically effective region. Moreover, methods for producing a lens arrangement are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Puetz, Jens Prochnau, Ralf Meschenmoser
  • Publication number: 20200192095
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens for an optical imaging element for producing a virtual image of an initial image includes a main body and at least one complementary element mounted on the main body. The main body has a material with a first index of refraction n1. A viscous or solid intermediate layer is arranged between the complementary element and the main body at least in the region where the complementary element overlaps with a reflection section of the main body. The material of the viscous or solid intermediate layer has a second index of refraction n2 that satisfies the condition n2<n1 sin(?E). ?E is an angle of incidence of the light beams of the imaging beam path proceeding from the incoupling section and incident on the reflection section, selected such that at least 50% of the light beams of the imaging beam path have an angle of incidence of ?>?E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg PUETZ, Momchil DAVIDKOV, Ramona ETTIG, Georg MICHELS, Kai BARTEL, Ersun KARTAL
  • Patent number: 10670777
    Abstract: Methods for coating an optical component with a sharp-edged structure and an optical component are provided. In a variant of the method, the sharp-edged structure in the optical component is rounded in that a lacquer that forms a lacquer meniscus is applied to the sharp-edged structure and subsequently solidified, the lacquer meniscus forming the rounding after the lacquer has solidified. After the rounding, a coating is applied to the optical component, the coating being applied at least to the lacquer meniscus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Prochnau, Joerg Puetz
  • Publication number: 20200117023
    Abstract: A spectacle lens has a transparent substrate and at least one HOE-capable polymer layer arranged on the transparent substrate. The at least one HOE-capable polymer layer is suitable for forming a holographic optical element. Related methods and apparatus are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jörg Pütz, Katharina Rifai, Karsten Lindig
  • Patent number: 10558045
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes providing a first partial body which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range and including on its upper side a structured section, applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured section in order to form the optically effective structure, and applying a cover layer which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first partial body by means of casting of thermoplastic material and/or duroplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Hofmann, Gerhard Kelch, Wolf Krause, Joerg Puetz, Georg Michels
  • Patent number: 10534196
    Abstract: A spectacle lens has a transparent substrate and at least one HOE-capable polymer layer arranged on the transparent substrate. The at least one HOE-capable polymer layer is suitable for forming a holographic optical element. Related methods and apparatus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Pütz, Katharina Rifai, Karsten Lindig
  • Publication number: 20190330480
    Abstract: A lacquer composition is provided, comprising 20%-79.9% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a thiol compound having two or more thiol groups, 20%-79.9% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a compound having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds and 0.1%-10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a separating agent having an alkyl radical having 4-20 carbon atoms, where the alkyl radical is unsubstituted or fluorine-substituted and the alkyl radical is bonded to a functional group. Also provided are the use of this lacquer composition as a protective lacquer on an optical surface of an optical element in the production of the optical element, and an optical element comprising the protective lacquer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Joerg PUETZ, Hans-Joachim WEIPPERT, Matthias KRIEG
  • Patent number: 10442053
    Abstract: A carrier device (10) is for handling a lens (12) which is received therein and which has a lateral edge (21), in particular for handling an eyeglass lens (12) in a machining or finishing process. The carrier device (10) comprises a main body (14) and has a connecting member (24) for releasably connecting the main body (14) to the received lens (12). The connecting member (24) forms, with the main body (14), a protective cover (15) surrounding the lateral edge (21) of the received lens (12) and a surface (30) of the received lens (12) directed toward the main body (14). The connecting member (24) is releasably connected to the main body (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Joerg Puetz, Thomas Schirle, Norbert Kurz
  • Publication number: 20190105811
    Abstract: An optical component has a small-volume section and a large-volume section, wherein said optical component is a single-piece injection-molded component with the exception of one region in the large-volume section, said component being supplemented, in the region in the large-volume section, by an add-on to the optical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg PUETZ, Jens PROCHNAU