Patents by Inventor Joseph J Fontanella

Joseph J Fontanella 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Making and Assembling a Multi-Lens Optical Device
    Publication number: 20130003198
    Abstract: A system for aligning a plurality of high-precision lenses in a lens train. Each of the lenses has at least two alignment tabs disposed around the perimeter of the lens. The lenses are aligned by placing the lenses in a jig having a plurality of high-precision alignment blocks. The lenses are attached to a lower-precision shroud, having slots that receive the alignment tabs. A gap-filling adhesive is used to provide a high-precision fit for the lenses in the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd W. Ashcraft, Robert B. Atac, James Risboskin, Timothy G. Allard, Joseph J. Fontanella, Mark J. Tremback
  • Apparatus and method for making and assembling a multi-lens optical device
    Patent number: 8284506
    Abstract: A system for aligning a plurality of high-precision lenses in a lens train. Each of the lenses has at least two alignment tabs disposed around the perimeter of the lens. The lenses are aligned by placing the lenses in a jig having a plurality of high-precision alignment blocks. The lenses are attached to a lower-precision shroud, having slots that receive the alignment tabs. A gap-filling adhesive is used to provide a high-precision fit for the lenses in the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Todd W. Ashcraft, Robert B. Atac, James Risboskin, Timothy G. Allard, Joseph J. Fontanella, Mark J. Tremback
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND ASSEMBLING A MULTI-LENS OPTICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110310497
    Abstract: A system for aligning a plurality of high-precision lenses in a lens train. Each of the lenses has at least two alignment tabs disposed around the perimeter of the lens. The lenses are aligned by placing the lenses in a jig having a plurality of high-precision alignment blocks. The lenses are attached to a lower-precision shroud, having slots that receive the alignment tabs. A gap-filling adhesive is used to provide a high-precision fit for the lenses in the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd W. Ashcraft, Robert B. Atac, James Risboskin, Timothy G. Allard, Joseph J. Fontanella, Mark J. Tremback
  • Roll bar portion of a helmet
    Patent number: D597259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J Tremback, Joseph J Fontanella, James Risboskin