Patents by Inventor Robert E. LaBelle

Robert E. LaBelle 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: 5938988
    Abstract: An injection molding process for molding an assembly of a frontcurve molds in a plurality of unitary solid piece of polymer in which plurality of frontcurve molds are arranged symmetrically around a single center polymer injection gate. In this arrangement the molten polymer flows radially outwardly therefrom uniformly in all directions to the four frontcurves to form one common molded piece of polymer. In a compression injection molding process, the pressure on the molten polymer is maintained relatively constant, and the mold is mechanically collapsed during the molding operation. The present invention molds an assembly of frontcurve molds in a manner in which there is a significant reduction of residual stress locked into the resultant assembly of frontcurve molds. This results in a significant reduction in warpage and shrinkage of each frontcurve mold, which is not optically stressed, and results in a subsequent casting of an ophthalmic lens which is not optically stressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Lust, Daniel G. Boone, Robert E. LaBelle, Dennis M. Jones, Robert G. Petit