Ralph Osterhout

Ralph Osterhout is an American inventor, designer and entrepreneur and CEO of Osterhout Design Group. During his career he has developed a range of products spanning toys, consumer electronics, dive equipment, furniture to devices for the Department of Defense. Ralph is named as inventor on 260 patents and patent applications. Since 2009 he has been highly focused on developing products and technologies in the head-worn computing field.

Ralph Osterhout was born in Seattle, Washington in 1946 and moved to Santa Cruz, California at the age of 1. He attended Soquel High School graduating in 1964 and later went on to San Jose State University graduating in 1969.

A pivotal point in Osterhout’s life was at the 1969 boat show, where he showcased the first of a kind diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) named the MK I. The Navy subsequently purchased the MK II in 1970. With the purchase of the DPV, Osterhout founded the scuba equipment company Farallon Industries and began a career in product development and design.

Osterhout designed and built equipment that appeared in or on:

U.S. Utility Patents

U.S. Design Patents

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