Mark D Ross

US Patent:

20020087210, Jul 4, 2002

Filed:

Sep 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/389448

Inventors:

DONALD CARROL STENGER - ANAHEIM HILLS CA, US
LAURENT HOFFMANN - FOOTHILL RANCH CA, US
MARK WESLEY ROSS - COSTA MESA CA, US

International Classification:

A61F002/16

US Classification:

623/006490

Abstract:

A refractive intraocular lens including an optic portion having an outer peripheral edge and two or more but preferably two, three or four balanced haptic elements. Each haptic element is of like form to achieve a “propeller-like” appearance. Each haptic element is also manufactured to have an inner portion and an outer tip for supporting the optic portion in a patient's eye. The inner portion of each haptic element is permanently connected to the outer peripheral edge of the optic portion. Each haptic element also includes a contact plate and a central portion located between the contact plate and the inner portion. Each haptic is formed to have greater resistance to bending in a plane generally parallel to an eye's optical axis than in a plane generally perpendicular to the eye's optical axis. The intraocular lens is so designed to exhibit less than approximately 1.0 mm axial displacement of the optic portion along the eye's optical axis under a compression force suitable to effect a 1.0 mm in diameter compression of the intraocular lens.

US Patent:

58842039, Mar 16, 1999

Filed:

Mar 14, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/212082

Inventors:

Mark A. Ross - Sierra Madre CA

Assignee:

TRW Inc. - Redondo Beach CA

International Classification:

B60R 2132

US Classification:

701 45

Abstract:

Passenger restraint system including a crash sensor for deploying an air bag associated with a vehicle during a crash event. The crash sensor includes a low frequency accelerometer circuit and a high frequency pressure transducer circuit. The low frequency accelerometer circuit senses low frequency signals from the deceleration of the vehicle as a result of the crash event, and the high frequency transducer circuit senses high frequency signals from the deformation of metal components as a result of the crash event. The combination of the high frequency signals and the low frequency signals provides an accurate indication for deployment of the air bag.

US Patent:

52166074, Jun 1, 1993

Filed:

May 11, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/520417

Inventors:

Robert W. Diller - Pasadena CA
Mark A. Ross - Glendale CA
Brian K. Blackburn - Rochester MI
Joseph F. Mazur - Washington MI

Assignee:

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. - Lyndhurst OH

International Classification:

B60R 2132
B60R 2100

US Classification:

36442405

Abstract:

A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a passenger restraint actuation signal for use in an actuatable passenger restraint system in a vehicle is provided. The method comprises a sensor for providing a time varying electric signal proportional to vehicle deceleration. A crash energy is determined and compared against a predetermined limit. If the determined crash energy equals or exceeds the predetermined limit, a passenger restraint actuation signal is provided.