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公开(公告)号:US12085731B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18501820
申请日:2023-11-03
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen S. Wilson , Bart E Wilson , Roger Cone
CPC classification number: G02B3/0012 , B29C33/3835 , B29D11/00298 , G02B3/0068 , B29K2067/00 , B29K2667/003 , B29K2995/0025 , B29K2995/0053 , B60J1/2094 , B60J3/00
Abstract: Manufacturing a pre-molded stack of one or more lenses to be installable on a curved substrate such as a vehicle windshield includes placing a moldable stack of one or more lenses and adhesive layer(s) on a mold, applying heat and pressure to the moldable stack to produce a pre-molded stack of one or more lenses from the moldable stack, and removing the pre-molded stack from the mold. The pre-molded stack may have a compound curvature, which may match a curvature of the curved substrate. The mold may be formed using three-dimensional shape data derived from the curved substrate, such as by optically scanning the curved substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11933943B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US17823413
申请日:2022-08-30
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen S. Wilson , Bart E. Wilson , Roger Cone
CPC classification number: G02B1/14 , G02B3/0062
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sterile stack of peelable lenses includes coating a first lens (or stack of lenses) with a first adhesive coating, heating the first adhesive coating to initiate curing, exposing the first adhesive coating to ultraviolet light to continue curing, laminating a second lens (or stack of lenses) onto a surface of the first adhesive coating to produce a stack of lenses, coating the second lens with a second adhesive coating, heating the second adhesive coating to initiate curing, exposing the second adhesive coating to ultraviolet light to continue curing, laminating a third lens (or stack of lenses) onto a surface of the second adhesive coating to add the third lens to the stack of lenses, and exposing the stack of lenses to an electron beam to continue curing of the first and second adhesive coatings.
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公开(公告)号:US20240069250A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18501820
申请日:2023-11-03
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen S. Wilson , Bart E. Wilson , Roger Cone
CPC classification number: G02B3/0012 , B29C33/3835 , B29D11/00298 , G02B3/0068 , B29K2995/0053 , B60J3/00
Abstract: Manufacturing a pre-molded stack of one or more lenses to be installable on a curved substrate such as a vehicle windshield includes placing a moldable stack of one or more lenses and adhesive layer(s) on a mold, applying heat and pressure to the moldable stack to produce a pre-molded stack of one or more lenses from the moldable stack, and removing the pre-molded stack from the mold. The pre-molded stack may have a compound curvature, which may match a curvature of the curved substrate. The mold may be formed using three-dimensional shape data derived from the curved substrate, such as by optically scanning the curved substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11833785B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-05
申请号:US17472299
申请日:2021-09-10
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Bart E. Wilson , Stephen S. Wilson
IPC: B32B17/10 , G02B1/14 , C09J7/22 , C09J7/38 , C08J7/04 , C08J7/043 , C08J7/046 , C09C1/00 , G02B1/115 , G02B5/18
CPC classification number: B32B17/10981 , C08J7/043 , C08J7/046 , C08J7/0427 , C09C1/0021 , C09J7/22 , C09J7/38 , G02B1/115 , G02B1/14 , G02B5/1861 , C09J2203/318 , C09J2301/312 , C09J2433/00 , C09J2483/00
Abstract: An optical web comprising includes a substrate with an anterior coating applied to the anterior side of the substrate and a posterior coating applied to the posterior side of the substrate. The refractive index of the anterior coating and the posterior coating is less than that of the substrate. A second coating layer may be applied to the anterior coating layer and/or the posterior coating layer, where the second coating layer has a refractive index less than that of the coating layer it is applied to. Additional coating layers may be applied to produce a stack of layers that decrease monotonically in refractive indexes moving outward from the substrate. The optical webs may be laminated together to form tear-off laminated lens stacks.
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公开(公告)号:US20230381023A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-30
申请号:US18232550
申请日:2023-08-10
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Bart E. Wilson , Stephen S. Wilson , Maxwell C. Klein
IPC: A61F9/02
Abstract: A tear-off capture system includes an eye protector with a base lens. The eye protector has a retention mechanism mounted on one side, and a support mechanism that supports the eye protector on the head of a wearer. A two-tabbed stack of laminated tear-off lenses mounts to the eye protector via an adhesive. The stack mounts so that the first tab of the stack aligns with the first side of the eye protector and the second tab engages with the retention mechanism. Via the second tab and the retention mechanism, released tear-off layers are directed toward the second side of the eye protector away from the base lens. A capturer helps hold the initially released tear-off layer to the eye protector. An exposed tacky surface on each released tear-off helps hold the subsequently removed tear-off layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20230329372A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18338215
申请日:2023-06-20
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen S. Wilson , Bart E. Wilson
CPC classification number: A41D13/1184 , G02B5/208 , G02B1/041 , G02B1/14
Abstract: A protective lens stack comprises a base layer including a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film containing a UV blocking additive and one or more removable lens layers stacked on top of the base layer. Each of the removable lens layers may include a PET film and a first adhesive disposed on a bottom surface of the PET film. Refractive indices of the base layer and the one or more removable lens layers may be matched to within 0.2. Each layer of the protective lens stack, including the base layer and each of the removable lens layer(s), may have less than 0.5% haze. The protective lens stack may be used as a face shield or may be surface mountable using a second adhesive disposed on a bottom surface of the PET film containing the UV blocking additive.
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公开(公告)号:US11759362B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17510095
申请日:2021-10-25
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Bart E. Wilson , Stephen S. Wilson , Maxwell C. Klein
Abstract: A tear-off capture system includes an eye protector with a base lens. The eye protector has a retention mechanism mounted on one side, and a support mechanism that supports the eye protector on the head of a wearer. A two-tabbed stack of laminated tear-off lenses mounts to the eye protector via an adhesive. The stack mounts so that the first tab of the stack aligns with the first side of the eye protector and the second tab engages with the retention mechanism. Via the second tab and the retention mechanism, released tear-off layers are directed toward the second side of the eye protector away from the base lens. A capturer helps hold the initially released tear-off layer to the eye protector. An exposed tacky surface on each released tear-off helps hold the subsequently removed tear-off layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20230249391A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
申请号:US18297468
申请日:2023-04-07
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Bart E. Wilson , Stephen S. Wilson
CPC classification number: B29C48/92 , B29C48/08 , B29C48/0018 , B29C48/35 , B29C48/87 , B29C48/395 , G01M11/0292 , B29C2948/92704 , B29K2067/003
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polymer film includes melting a resin, extruding the melted resin through a die to produce a polymer film, shaping the polymer film, cooling the polymer film, capturing an image of a test pattern through the polymer film, calculating a modulation transfer function value from the image, and adjusting a process parameter of the melting, the extruding, the shaping, or the cooling based on the calculated modulation transfer function value.
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公开(公告)号:USD994756S1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US29807324
申请日:2021-09-10
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Designer: Bart E. Wilson , Stephen S. Wilson , Maxwell C. Klein
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of our new design;
FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view and lacks shading thus indicating that the bottom surface is not claimed thereof;
FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a front elevation view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view thereof.
Portions of the lens stack are shown in broken lines to illustrate unclaimed subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.
The distal tabs are shown with symbolic breaks in its length. The appearance of any portion of the article between the break lines form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号:US20220032591A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US17505433
申请日:2021-10-19
Applicant: Racing Optics, Inc.
Inventor: Stephen S. Wilson , Bart E. Wilson
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polymer film includes melting a resin, extruding the melted resin through a die to produce a polymer film, shaping the polymer film, cooling the polymer film, illuminating a surface with a light source, capturing an image of a shadow cast by the polymer film on the surface while the polymer film is between the light source and the surface, calculating a frequency spectrum of at least a portion of the captured image, and adjusting a process parameter of the melting, the extruding, the shaping, or the cooling based on the frequency spectrum.
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