Patents by Inventor Owen J. Gill
Owen J. Gill 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).
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Patent number: 12320505Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Metrex Research, LLCInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Publication number: 20240230069Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Metrex Research, LLCInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Patent number: 11965642Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Metrex Research, LLCInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Publication number: 20220268427Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Kerr CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Patent number: 11280480Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Publication number: 20210025574Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Envista Holdings CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Patent number: 10801707Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Patent number: 9987110Abstract: A curing light device includes a body with a tip portion that has a plurality of elements for providing electrical energy to the distal end of the tip and for removing heat from the distal end of the tip. A light engine includes at least one light emitting element operable for emitting light and is positioned on the distal end of the tip portion. A power supply is positioned in the body and is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. Spring electrical contacts are positioned in the body and electrically coupled with the ultracapacitor element. The spring electrical contacts are spaced along the length of the body and configured for electrically engaging the tip portion along its length for delivering power to the light engine and for provide a spring alignment of the tip portion in the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Ruth Barry, Stacy Lee Wyatt, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan
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Publication number: 20170370561Abstract: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Kerr CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Patent number: 9851080Abstract: In one aspect, a user-wearable illumination assembly includes eyeglass frames and a headlamp removably coupled to the eyeglass frames. Electrical circuitry may be integrated with the eyeglass frames. The headlamp and the eyeglass frames have mounting structure that cooperate to removably support the headlamp thereon. A light source is disposed within the headlamp and electrical communication between the light source and the electrical circuitry of the eyeglass frames is provided by electrical contacts associated with the mounting structures of the headlamp and eyeglass frames. In another aspect, a user-wearable illumination assembly for use with eyeglass frames includes a clip assembly that is selectively removably couplable to a bridge portion of the eyeglass frames, and a headlamp coupled to the clip assembly. The illumination assembly further includes a battery that is selectively removably couplable to the eyeglass frames and at least one electrical conductor coupling the battery to the headlamp.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Publication number: 20170258566Abstract: A curing light device includes a body with a tip portion that has a plurality of elements for providing electrical energy to the distal end of the tip and for removing heat from the distal end of the tip. A light engine includes at least one light emitting element operable for emitting light and is positioned on the distal end of the tip portion. A power supply is positioned in the body and is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. Spring electrical contacts are positioned in the body and electrically coupled with the ultracapacitor element. The spring electrical contacts are spaced along the length of the body and configured for electrically engaging the tip portion along its length for delivering power to the light engine and for provide a spring alignment of the tip portion in the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Owen J. Gill, Ruth Barry, Stacy Lee Wyatt, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan
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Patent number: 9693846Abstract: A curing light device includes a body with a tip portion that has a plurality of elements for providing electrical energy to the distal end of the tip and for removing heat from the distal end of the tip. A light engine includes at least one light emitting element operable for emitting light and is positioned on the distal end of the tip portion. A power supply is positioned in the body and is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. Spring electrical contacts are positioned in the body and electrically coupled with the ultracapacitor element. The spring electrical contacts are spaced along the length of the body and configured for electrically engaging the tip portion along its length for delivering power to the light engine and for provide a spring alignment of the tip portion in the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Ruth Barry, Stacy Lee Wyatt, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan
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Publication number: 20150377462Abstract: In one aspect, a user-wearable illumination assembly includes eyeglass frames and a headlamp removably coupled to the eyeglass frames. Electrical circuitry may be integrated with the eyeglass frames. The headlamp and the eyeglass frames have mounting structure that cooperate to removably support the headlamp thereon. A light source is disposed within the headlamp and electrical communication between the light source and the electrical circuitry of the eyeglass frames is provided by electrical contacts associated with the mounting structures of the headlamp and eyeglass frames. In another aspect, a user-wearable illumination assembly for use with eyeglass frames includes a clip assembly that is selectively removably couplable to a bridge portion of the eyeglass frames, and a headlamp coupled to the clip assembly. The illumination assembly further includes a battery that is selectively removably couplable to the eyeglass frames and at least one electrical conductor coupling the battery to the headlamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Brian L. Wilt, James Onderak, Owen J. Gill, Shane Siegel
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Publication number: 20150320530Abstract: A curing light device includes a body with a tip portion that has a plurality of elements for providing electrical energy to the distal end of the tip and for removing heat from the distal end of the tip. A light engine includes at least one light emitting element operable for emitting light and is positioned on the distal end of the tip portion. A power supply is positioned in the body and is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. Spring electrical contacts are positioned in the body and electrically coupled with the ultracapacitor element. The spring electrical contacts are spaced along the length of the body and configured for electrically engaging the tip portion along its length for delivering power to the light engine and for provide a spring alignment of the tip portion in the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Ruth Barry, Stacy Lee Wyatt, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan
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Patent number: 9072572Abstract: A light device includes a body and a tip structure configured to be removably coupled with the housing. The tip includes a light engine that is operable for emitting light positioned at a distal end of the tip. A power supply circuit is positioned in the housing and coupled to the light engine. The power supply circuit is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. A non-imaging element is coupled with the light engine at the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Ruth Barry, Stacy L. Wyatt, Gopikrishnan Soundararajan
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Patent number: 8113830Abstract: An instrument for curing light-curable compounds that includes at least one light-emitting element operable for emitting light in a band of wavelengths and is capable of curing a light-curable compound. A control circuit controls the operation of the light-emitting element. The control circuit is operable for providing a power signal to the light-emitting element at a steady state power level to drive the element to emit a steady state light output. The control circuit, while continuing with a power signal at the steady state power level, is further operable to provide temporary micro-pulses in the power signal to temporarily provide an increased power level to the light-emitting element above the steady state power level before returning to the steady state power level, to thereby increase the light output of the instrument while controlling heat generated thereby.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Denis J. Lachance
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Patent number: 6918762Abstract: The invention relates to light-generating instruments, which are small, compact and convenient to use. More particularly, the light-generating instruments are generally powered by air, electricity, or light provided by the operating unit, such as the dental chair. Air, electricity, and light provided by the dentist's chair allow for convenience to the dentist while eliminating potential risks and hazards associated with use of an electrical cord to power the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Edward Robert Shellard
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Publication number: 20040185413Abstract: The invention relates to light-generating instruments, which are small, compact and convenient to use. More particularly, the light-generating instruments are generally powered by air, electricity, or light provided by the operating unit, such as the dental chair. Air, electricity, and light provided by the dentist's chair allow for convenience to the dentist while eliminating potential risks and hazards associated with use of an electrical cord to power the instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: Kerr CorporationInventors: Owen J. Gill, Edward Robert Shellard