Patents by Inventor Wolf Krause

Wolf Krause 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: 11656385
    Abstract: A method for producing a freeform Fresnel surface having a number of Fresnel facets with a respective Fresnel segment surface and a trailing edge includes the production of the freeform Fresnel surface via machining processing of a starting body based on the construction data for the freeform Fresnel surface. With the aid of the circular cylinder casing surfaces and/or cone casing surfaces, the projection of the edges of the Fresnel facets on the x-y-plane represent circular paths for the creation of the construction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Rudolph, Georg Michels, Wolf Krause
  • Patent number: 10754157
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes a) providing a first shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, b) applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured portion, c) providing a second shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, which shell has an integral embodiment and a smooth lower side which has a complementary form to the form of the upper side, d) applying an adhesive layer which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first shell and/or the lower side of the second shell, and e) connecting the upper side of the first shell with the lower side of the second shell by means of the adhesive layer such that a two-shell optical element is produced, in which the optically effective structure is buried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Hofmann, Gerhard Kelch, Wolf Krause, Joerg Puetz, Georg Michels
  • Patent number: 10558045
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes providing a first partial body which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range and including on its upper side a structured section, applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured section in order to form the optically effective structure, and applying a cover layer which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first partial body by means of casting of thermoplastic material and/or duroplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Hofmann, Gerhard Kelch, Wolf Krause, Joerg Puetz, Georg Michels
  • Publication number: 20190250311
    Abstract: A method for producing a freeform Fresnel surface having a number of Fresnel facets with a respective Fresnel segment surface and a trailing edge includes the production of the freeform Fresnel surface via machining processing of a starting body based on the construction data for the freeform Fresnel surface. With the aid of the circular cylinder casing surfaces and/or cone casing surfaces, the projection of the edges of the Fresnel facets on the x-y-plane represent circular paths for the creation of the construction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Guenter RUDOLPH, Georg MICHELS, Wolf KRAUSE
  • Patent number: 9995938
    Abstract: A spectacle lens for a display device can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image. The spectacle lens can be constructed with several shells including an outer shell and an inner shell which is joined to the outer shell, wherein a curved channel shell, which includes a curved first reflecting surface and a curved second reflecting surface, is arranged between the outer and inner shell. The light guiding channel includes at least one section of the channel shell and the two reflecting surfaces on which the light bundles are reflected for guiding from the coupling-in section to the coupling-out section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Lisa Riedel, Hans-Juergen Dobschal, Gerhard Kelch, Wolf Krause, Karsten Lindig, Joerg Puetz, Momchil Davidkov, Manfred Maul, Diana Tonova, Georg Michels
  • Publication number: 20180031840
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes a) providing a first shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, b) applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured portion, c) providing a second shell which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range, which shell has an integral embodiment and a smooth lower side which has a complementary form to the form of the upper side, d) applying an adhesive layer which is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first shell and/or the lower side of the second shell, and e) connecting the upper side of the first shell with the lower side of the second shell by means of the adhesive layer such that a two-shell optical element is produced, in which the optically effective structure is buried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jens HOFMANN, Gerhard KELCH, Wolf KRAUSE, Joerg PUETZ, Georg MICHELS
  • Publication number: 20170227775
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical element includes providing a first partial body which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range and including on its upper side a structured section, applying a coating which is optically effective for the predetermined wavelength range onto the structured section in order to form the optically effective structure, and applying a cover layer which is transparent for the predetermined wavelength range onto the upper side of the first partial body by means of casting of thermoplastic material and/or duroplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Jens HOFMANN, Gerhard KELCH, Wolf KRAUSE, Joerg PUETZ, Georg MICHELS
  • Publication number: 20170192238
    Abstract: A spectacle lens for a display device can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image. The spectacle lens can be constructed with several shells including an outer shell and an inner shell which is joined to the outer shell, wherein a curved channel shell, which includes a curved first reflecting surface and a curved second reflecting surface, is arranged between the outer and inner shell. The light guiding channel includes at least one section of the channel shell and the two reflecting surfaces on which the light bundles are reflected for guiding from the coupling-in section to the coupling-out section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Lisa RIEDEL, Hans-Juergen DOBSCHAL, Gerhard KELCH, Wolf KRAUSE, Karsten LINDIG, Joerg PUETZ, Momchil DAVIDKOV, Manfred MAUL, Diana TONOVA, Georg MICHELS
  • Patent number: 9170432
    Abstract: A lens for non-prescription eyewear includes: a first surface having a first surface shape; and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface having a second surface shape, wherein the first surface includes a point of maximum curvature and the shape of the first surface measured along a line on the first surface decreases by at least 1.5 diopters at a distance 15 mm in every direction from the point of maximum curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss Vision Inc., Carl Zeiss Vision Italia S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Sabrina Malnati, Wolf Krause
  • Publication number: 20140253874
    Abstract: A lens for non-prescription eyewear includes: a first surface having a first surface shape; and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface having a second surface shape, wherein the first surface includes a point of maximum curvature and the shape of the first surface measured along a line on the first surface decreases by at least 1.5 diopters at a distance 15 mm in every direction from the point of maximum curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: Carl Zeiss Vision Inc., Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss Vision Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Sabrina Malnati, Wolf Krause
  • Patent number: 8297751
    Abstract: The invention provides multi-focal segmented lenses with boundaries that include at least one blended portion and at least one sharp portion. The lenses may possess, for example, the aesthetic advantage of blended multi-segment or progressive lenses while largely retaining the functional advantage of multi-segment lenses with sharp segment boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision Inc., Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Darryl Meister, Wolf Krause
  • Publication number: 20110261318
    Abstract: The invention provides multi-focal segmented lenses with boundaries that include at least one blended portion and at least one sharp portion. The lenses may possess, for example, the aesthetic advantage of blended multi-segment or progressive lenses while largely retaining the functional advantage of multi-segment lenses with sharp segment boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Darryl Meister, Wolf Krause
  • Patent number: 7757373
    Abstract: A method and a tool head are provided for the chip-removingly machining of pairwise symmetrical, optically effective surfaces, in particular of surfaces of progressive power spectacle lenses. The spectacle lenses are rotated about a first axis and are displaced along the axis. Further, a chip-removing tool is provided being positioned and being adapted to be fed-in, such that a cutting edge of the tool is guided over the surface along a spiralled path and along an elevation function given by the shape of the spectacle lens, when the latter is rotated about the first axis. For machining right side spectacle lenses and left side spectacle lenses, the right side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a first rotational direction, and the left side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Krause, Andreas Bielke
  • Publication number: 20090113694
    Abstract: A method and a tool head are provided for the chip-removingly machining of pairwise symmetrical, optically effective surfaces, in particular of surfaces of progressive power spectacle lenses. The spectacle lenses are rotated about a first axis and are displaced along the axis. Further, a chip-removing tool is provided being positioned and being adapted to be fed-in, such that a cutting edge of the tool is guided over the surface along a spiralled path and along an elevation function given by the shape of the spectacle lens, when the latter is rotated about the first axis. For machining right side spectacle lenses and left side spectacle lenses, the right side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a first rotational direction, and the left side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Wolf KRAUSE, Andreas Bielke
  • Publication number: 20070062015
    Abstract: A method and a tool head are provided for the chip-removingly machining of pairwise symmetrical, optically effective surfaces, in particular of surfaces of progressive power spectacle lenses. The spectacle lenses are rotated about a first axis and are displaced along the axis. Further, a chip-removing tool is provided being positioned and being adapted to be fed-in, such that a cutting edge of the tool is guided over the surface along a spiralled path and along an elevation function given by the shape of the spectacle lens, when the latter is rotated about the first axis. For machining right side spectacle lenses and left side spectacle lenses, the right side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a first rotational direction, and the left side spectacle lenses are rotated about the first axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Wolf Krause, Andreas Bielke