US Patent Issued to Vuzix on Sept. 15 for "Parallel plate waveguides" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,735, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Vuzix Corp. (West Henrietta, N.Y.).

"Parallel plate waveguides" was invented by Robert J. Schultz (Victor, N.Y.), Mitchell G. Knoebel (Webster, N.Y.) and Paul J. Travers (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parallel plate waveguide assembly for conveying an image bearing light from an in-coupling optic to an out-coupling optic is disclosed wherein the waveguide assembly includes at least a waveguide blank having a first surface and a second surface located a distance from the first surface to create a thickness of the blank. The waveguide assembly further includes a first coa...