B24B 13/012
Conformable in shape to the optical surface
Official title: {conformable in shape to the optical surface, e.g. by fluid pressure acting on an elastic membrane}
B24B13/012 (Conformable in shape to the optical surface) appears on 36 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 94
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Spiral magnetorheological polishing method for mid-spatial-frequency error control19 May 2026US 12,629,794 B2National University of Defense Technology
- Blocking device for a semi-finished optical element17 Dec 2024US 12,168,278 B2Essilor International
- Optical-grade surfacing tool30 Apr 2024US 11,969,848 B2Essilor International
- Methods and apparatus for shaping workpieces16 Apr 2024US 11,958,165 B2Zeeko Innovations Limited
- Tool, device, and method for polishing lenses6 Feb 2024US 11,890,712 B2Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Spiral magnetorheological polishing method for mid-frequency error control25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387873 A1National University of Defense Technology
- Lens polishing pad and apparatus23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326081 A1
- Method for polishing a surface6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074021 A1Essilor International
- Polishing tools, polishing machines and methods of polishing a workpiece27 Feb 2025US 2025/0065466 A1Zeeko Innovations Limited
- Polishing tool, polishing system and method of polishing17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342850 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polishing spindle29US 5,255,474 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Tool for the precision processing of optical surfaces27US 5,695,393 ALoh Optikmaschinen AG · 1997
- Pneumatically assisted conformal tool for an ophthalmic lens finer/polisher27US 5,762,546 ACoburn Optical Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Conformal tool operating apparatus and process for an ophthalmic lens finer/polisher18US 5,577,950 ACoburn Optical Industries, Inc. · 1996
- Polishing disk for a tool for the fine machining of optically active surfaces on spectacle lenses in particular18US 7,278,908 B2Satisloh AG · 2007