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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089631 | Displacement measurement system and method thereof A displacement measurement system including a coherent light source, a two-dimensional grating, a photo sensor, and a signal processing apparatus is provided. After the coherent light beam enters the two-dimensional grating, a zero-order light beam and a plurality o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7995212 | Optical displacement measuring device An optical displacement measuring device includes a diffraction grating, a reflecting optical system configured to irradiate two one-time diffracted beams diffracted at the diffraction grating on the diffraction grating again, and the reflecting optical system inclu... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7973941 | Reference signal generating configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channels A reference mark configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channels is provided. The readhead may include primary fibers that provide reference mark primary signals processed to generate a reference signal wit... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969579 | Rotary encoder apparatus Rotary encoder apparatus is described that comprises one or more readheads and a radial scale. Each of the one or more readheads includes a light emitting portion for illuminating the radial scale and a light detecting portion for detecting interference fringes form... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965393 | Reference signal generating configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channels A reference mark configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channels is provided. The readhead includes primary fibers that provide reference mark primary signals processed to generate a reference signal with a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961333 | Method for scanning optical interference patterns with line sensors A method is provided for the electronic scanning of the intensity distribution of an optical interference pattern by means of a linear image sensor, wherein the interference pattern is produced by overlapping two temporally partly coherent beams striking at an arbit... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7924433 | Displacement measurement system and method of use A measurement displacement system and method are described. The measurement displacement system comprises a sensor head configured to transmit input optical beams and to receive measurement beams. The system comprises a transmission grating configured to diffract th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916305 | Surface reflection encoder scale and surface reflection encoder using the same A surface reflection encoder scale is used with a surface reflection encoder for detecting a relative movement amount of a member for making a relative move. The surface reflection encoder scale includes a substrate of the member or a substrate provided on the membe... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907286 | Optical position-measuring device An optical position-measuring device is arranged for recording the relative position of a scanning unit and a scale movable to it in at least one measuring direction. The scale is configured as a combined unit which includes at least one reflector element as well as... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7880896 | Interferometer using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers An interferometer which incorporates a single mode VCSEL to facilitate miniaturization through integration of parts. The interferometer includes a beam splitter for partially reflecting and transmitting light; a single mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876451 | Position-measuring device with movable deflection device and grating and with stationary grating, light source, and detector A position-measuring device includes a light source, a first grating, a second grating and photodetectors, light from the light source, which is split into partial beams of different directions at the first and second grating, being directed via a deflecting element... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872762 | Optical position measuring arrangement An arrangement for generating phase-shifted incremental signals characterizing relative positions of two objects moving with respect to each other along a measuring direction. The measuring arrangement includes a light source emitting bundles of beams, a measurement... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864336 | Compact Littrow encoder A Littrow encoder is disclosed. The encoder includes first and second interferometers and a beam splitter assembly that splits a first instrument light beam into first and second interferometer input beams and directs these beams into the first and second interferom... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7808650 | Displacement measuring apparatus Disclosed is a displacement measuring apparatus that includes a composite scale having a magnetic pattern and a diffraction grating each aligned in a direction of measuring axis, and a detector head moving in a direction of measuring axis relative to the composite s... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808649 | Fixed-point detector and displacement-measuring apparatus A fixed-point detector is provided. The fixed-point detector includes a plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns, a fixed-point detecting light source, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns each have... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7751058 | Optical rotation counter Optical rotation counter associated with a rotary disc of an angle sensor provided with means for coding the angular position of the disc, including at least one fixed source of coherent light emitting a light beam, a diaphragm and a support moved by the rotation of... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7710578 | Position measuring arrangement A position measuring arrangement for detecting a relative position is disclosed. The position measuring arrangement includes a reflection scale graduation and a scanning unit having a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of optical elements includes a combin... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7659992 | Scale reading apparatus Apparatus for measuring displacement between two members. A scale is provided on one member and has an incremental pattern with at least one reference mark embedded in it. A read head is provided on the other member and comprises a periodic diffraction means for int... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7636165 | Displacement measurement systems lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A displacement measurement system configured to provide measurement of the relative displacement of two components in six degrees of freedom with improved consistency and without requiring excessive space. ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7619745 | Optical encoder including aperture with diffusion element and collimator lens An optical encoder which is designed to convert light generated from a light source into parallel light rays by using a collimator lens, thereby allowing the collimated light to radiate to gratings (a first grating, a second grating and a third grating). A diffusing... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7586621 | Displacement-measuring optical scale and optical encoder using same When a convex lens 13 comes close to 0-th order transmitted light T0 with rotation of an optical scale 11, the 0-th order transmitted light T0 derived from a light beam L emitted from a light source 15 and transmitted through a dif... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573581 | Position-measuring device A position-measuring device is for measuring the position of two objects that are movable relative to one another. The device includes a measuring graduation, which is connected to one of the two objects, as well as at least one scanning system for scanning the meas... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573580 | Optical position measuring system and method using a low coherence light source An optical position measuring system (e.g., an interferometer) includes a superluminescent device (SLD) (e.g., a laser diode having at least one anti-reflective coated surface) and a detector. The SLD generates a light beam having a short coherence length (e.g., abo... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7561280 | Displacement measurement sensor head and system having measurement sub-beams comprising zeroth order and first order diffraction components A sensor head for use with a measurement grating is described. The sensor head comprises: a splitter grating configured to split a light beam into first and second measurement beams; a first retroreflector configured to retroreflect the first and second measurement ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7545507 | Displacement measurement system A displacement measurement apparatus includes a light source, a splitter grating, a measurement grating, and first a second detector arrays. The splitter grating splits a light beam into first and second measurement channels that each illuminates the measurement gra... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7502122 | Fiber-optic miniature encoder for fine pitch scales An ultra-miniature interferometric fiber-optic encoder readhead for sensing displacement of a very fine pitch scale grating is disclosed. The readhead includes a source grating that diffracts diverging source light into +/− 1st order beams, a pair of mirrors that ... | 03/10/2009 |
| RE40551 | Device for measuring translation, rotation or velocity via light beam interference The device for measuring translation, rotation or velocity includes at least a light source, a light detector, a first grating and a second grating, the first grating being mobile relative to the second grating. A incident beam reaches the first grating where it is ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443518 | Measuring instrument, in particular for transmission measurement in vacuum system A measuring instrument, in particular for transmission measurement with transparent substrates, comprises a measuring head with a light emitting element for emitting a light beam and a light receiver element for recording an incident light beam, and a retro-reflecto... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440117 | Highly-sensitive displacement-measuring optical device Micron-scale displacement measurement devices having enhanced performance characteristics are disclosed. One embodiment of a micron-scale displacement measurement device includes a phase-sensitive reflective diffraction grating for reflecting a first portion of an i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440113 | Littrow interferometer An apparatus and method for measuring displacement includes a light beam directed to an interferometer core that splits the light beam into first and second component beams. The first component beam is directed to a diffraction grating at approximately a Littrow ang... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433048 | Interferometer systems for measuring displacement and exposure systems using the same Interferometer systems for measuring displacement include a displacement interferometer. This interferometer includes a displacement converter responsive to a measuring beam of light. The displacement converter is configured to transform movement thereof in a direct... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7414730 | High precision interferometer apparatus employing a grating beamsplitter Measurement of a distance change between a reference surface and a target is provided. A substrate has a first surface facing the target and including a grating. The grating and target combine to form an optical interferometer responsive to changes in distance betwe... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394550 | Displacement detector The displacement detector includes: a light source 140; a beam splitter 170 for dividing the light, which is sent from the light source 140, into two beams of light; reflection mirrors 181, 182 provided for the two beams of light sent fro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7368705 | Absolute encoder employing linked sub-encoders and beat track An absolute encoder employs multiple sub-encoders of different resolutions and a linking algorithm for combining the sub-encoder outputs to form an accurate, high-resolution position estimate. The sub-encoders can utilize edge modulation of a main grating track, slo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362446 | Position measurement unit, measurement system and lithographic apparatus comprising such position measurement unit A measurement unit to determine a position in a first and second dimension includes a diffraction type encoder and an interferometer. The diffraction type encoder determines by means of a diffraction on a first and a second diffraction grating the position in the fi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362493 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358865 | Optical encoder and apparatus using optical encoder An optical encoder includes a cylindrical reflective scale, a point light source for irradiating the reflective scale, and light-receiving elements for receiving the light beams reflected by the reflective scale. The pitch of the reflective scale is set to an approp... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359057 | Method and apparatus for measuring small shifts in optical wavelengths A method and apparatus for detecting small shifts in optical wavelength is provided. Light having a known wavelength is directed towards a target volume in the atmosphere. Light reflected from the target volume is received and mixed with differentially delayed copie... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357521 | Chromatic dispersion compensation device and method A chromatic dispersion compensator whereby the amount of dispersion and the group delay time can be easily adjusted. A dispersion unit, a transmitting lens and a group delay generation unit are arranged along the optical axis of incident light. The dispersion unit s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355953 | Optical pickup for cutting off optical noise and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the same An optical pickup includes a light source which emits light, a grating which separates a portion of the light emitted from the light source, a reflecting member which reflects another portion of the light emitted from the light source, a monitoring photodetector dis... | 04/08/2008 |
