Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Bingaman

Thomas P. Bingaman 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).

  • Silicon carbide IR-emitter heating device and method for demolding lenses
    Patent number: 6663801
    Abstract: A method and a device for removing molded soft contact lenses, high-precision intraocular lenses and the like, from the individual molds in which they are produced. Provided is an infra-red radiation or heater device constituted of silicon carbide IR-emitters, and which employs an individual infra-red emitter for each individual mold, to impart a desired thermal gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Allan W. Kimble, Leslie A. Voss, Thomas P. Bingaman, Joseph W. Ricard
  • Ir-emitter heating device and method for demolding lenses
    Publication number: 20020185763
    Abstract: A method and a device for removing molded soft contact lenses, high-precision intraocular lenses and the like, from the individual molds in which they are produced. Provided is an infra-red radiation or heater device preferably constituted of silicon carbide IR-emitters, and which employs an individual infra-red emitter for each individual mold, to impart a desired thermal gradient. Also provided are infra-red emitters having improved reflectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Allan W. Kimble, Leslie A. Voss, Thomas P. Bingaman, Joseph W. Ricard, Edward R. Kernick, Charles R. Hood, H. Anthony Darabi
  • Silicon carbide IR-emitter heating device and method for demolding lenses
    Publication number: 20020145211
    Abstract: A method and a device for removing molded soft contact lenses, high-precision intraocular lenses and the like, from the individual molds in which they are produced. Provided is an infra-red radiation or heater device constituted of silicon carbide IR-emitters, and which employs an individual infra-red emitter for each individual mold, to impart a desired thermal gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Allan W. Kimble, Leslie A. Voss, Thomas P. Bingaman, Joseph W. Ricard