Patents by Inventor Urs Büttiker

Urs Büttiker 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).

  • Method for mounting functional elements in a lens
    Patent number: 11697257
    Abstract: A method for mounting functional elements in a lens includes mounting the functional elements on a foil, applying a closed contour alignment surface of an alignment tool having a central opening surrounded by the closed contour on the foil portion opposite to the mounted function elements, applying underpressure on the central opening to maintain the foil portion with the mounted functional elements on the alignment tool, cutting a flap including the foil portion and supporting the functional elements out of the foil, positioning and aligning the flap through actuator, fixing the position of the flap against the adjacent foil surface, embedding the foil with the mounted functional elements in a predetermined distance to the front surface of a mould, and casting and curing the lens with the embedded foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Metamaterial Inc., Tobii AB
    Inventors: Lutz Körner, Peter Hess, Alexander Greber, Urs Büttiker, Reto Müller, Anders Höglund, Daniel Ljunggren
  • Method for mounting functional elements in a lens
    Publication number: 20210339490
    Abstract: A method for mounting functional elements in a lens includes mounting the functional elements on a foil, applying a closed contour alignment surface of an alignment tool having a central opening surrounded by the closed contour on the foil portion opposite to the mounted function elements, applying underpressure on the central opening to maintain the foil portion with the mounted functional elements on the alignment tool, cutting a flap including the foil portion and supporting the functional elements out of the foil, positioning and aligning the flap through actuator, fixing the position of the flap against the adjacent foil surface, embedding the foil with the mounted functional elements in a predetermined distance to the front surface of a mould, and casting and curing the lens with the embedded foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Lutz Körner, Peter Hess, Alexander Greber, Urs Büttiker, Reto Müller, Anders Höglund, Daniel Ljunggren