Famous Patents
Pong, the Atari creation that launched the computer game craze, came with these instructions: "Avoid missing ball for high score."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073299 | Fabrication of nanostructured materials A method for fabricating composite materials/devices comprising stacking together fibers or rods of at least two different materials and drawing the fibers or rods. Using this process, devices having nanoscale features can be readily fabricated. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8031998 | Illumination fiber optic ribbon An illumination fiber optic ribbon includes optically-transmissive fibers which are adjacent to each other. At least two of the optically-transmissive fibers are twisted together to form a twisted segment. Where the two optically-transmissive fibers are not twisted ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8009949 | Fiber bundle head up display A fiber bundle head up display includes a bundle of optical fibers. An image source projects a display image onto the fiber bundle. The fiber bundle transfers the display image from its input surface to its output surface and projects the display image onto a combin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7881578 | Ultra-high density connector Techniques for ultra-high density connection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultra-high density connector includes a bundle of substantially parallel elongate cylindrical elements, where each cylindrical element is substantially in contact with at least one adj... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881577 | Nanotube structures and methods for making and using nanotube structures Structures and method for making, using and implementing a drawn preform from a plurality of tubes are provided. The drawn preform includes a first end of the preform defining source side of the preform and a second end of the preform defining a delivery side of the... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7813607 | Optical fiber bundle unit for transmitting ultraviolet light An optical fiber bundle unit is provided for transmitting ultraviolet light in which the increase of the transmission loss caused by radicals generated in the optical fiber by irradiation or transmission of ultraviolet light is suppressed and a stable energy state i... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813608 | Optical fiber fabrication The invention relates to a bundle of optical fibers and a process for its preparation, wherein at least two of the optical fibers are at least partly attached to each other lengthwise by means of a removable longitudinal bridging element. Typically, the bridging ele... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7778512 | Light-pipe array system A light-pipe array system is provided. The system comprises a light projector that projects light, and a light-pipe array. The light-pipe array comprises a plurality of light-pipes. Each light-pipe comprises a dielectric transparent to the light, and an electrically... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7742669 | Optical fiber pump multiplexer One or more single mode few-moded or multimode fibers are incorporated into a bundle to carry input to a fiber amplifier or output from a fiber amplifier or a fiber laser. The input is at the signal wavelength, which is the wavelength where amplification or lasing o... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7697807 | Multi-tipped optical component An optical component includes a support structure having a first composition including a recessive phase material and a second composition including protrusive phase material, the protrusive phase material defining a plurality of spaced apart surface features, each ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697808 | Multi-tipped optical component An optical component has a plurality of parallel noncontiguous optical conduits of at least one protrusive phase material embedded in a recessive phase material that acts as a support structure. The optical conduits extend from a proximal surface to a distal surface... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7680377 | Ultra-high density connector Techniques for ultra-high density connection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultra-high density connector includes a bundle of substantially parallel elongate cylindrical elements, where each cylindrical element is substantially in contact with at least one adj... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7660502 | Optical interconnect and connector devices Methods and systems for optical interconnection. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7599591 | Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable beam diameter, spot size and/or spot shape An optical device and method for varying an optical characteristic of an optical beam can include a plurality of optical fibers each having an input end, an output end, and a core, wherein each of the optical fibers has an effective area and a numerical aperture, an... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7570855 | Conduit bundles including first-type and second-type conduits with disparate properties A conduit bundle includes an inner bundle of first-type conduits extending between inner-bundle first and second ends. The first-type conduits are mutually and adjacently bonded along coinciding portions of their lengths in order to define an inner-bundle rigid regi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7526164 | Reflective polarizers containing polymer fibers A polarizer is formed with an arrangement of polymer fibers substantially parallel within a polymer matrix. The polymer fibers are formed of at least first and second polymer materials. At least one of the polymer matrix and the first and second polymer materials is... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519252 | Laser annealing apparatus A laser annealing apparatus comprises a laser oscillator having a Q switching action, one or a plurality of partially reflective mirrors for split a laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator into a plurality of laser beams, a plurality of optical fibers which res... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7489845 | Fiber optic withy light device A light device includes a base portion, a light portion having a first plurality of substantially translucent fiber optic elements and a second plurality of substantially translucent fiber optic elements, and a light source located within the base portion. A power s... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486861 | Fiber optical illumination system A fiber optical illumination delivery system, which is effective in reducing the effects of source coherence. The system preferably utilizes either a single bundle of optical fibers, or serial bundles of optical fibers. In the single bundle embodiment, the differenc... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483607 | Dual core optic fiber illuminated laser probe A microsurgical laser probe primarily used in ophthalmic surgery provides both laser light and illumination light to a surgical site from a single light source. The laser probe has a dual core optic fiber that transmits both laser light and illumination light to the... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7460754 | Medical inspection device A medical inspection device. A housing includes a transparent plate and a first opening. A reflective layer is formed in the housing and opposes the transparent plate. The first opening is between the reflective layer and the transparent plate. A grip is connected t... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457499 | Apparatus and method for producing an end of an optical fiber bundle and improved optical fiber bundle made with same A method and apparatus are described, which permit a simple, rapid manufacture of an end of an optical fiber bundle. According to the method a metallic sleeve is placed on an end section of the bundle, the end section with the sleeve on it is positioned in a shaping... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7447407 | Luminous ornaments assemblies The present invention is related to assemblies of luminous ornaments having optical fiber cables arranged in parallel, each formed by luminous optical fibers sheathed with a transparent tube, with interlaced connection elements formed therebetween, thereby forming a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444046 | Diode laser array coupling optic and system A single piece optic for coupling the output of a diode laser array into an optical fiber array is provided. The coupling optic has a planar back surface which, during use with a diode laser array, is positioned substantially parallel to the front face of the laser ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435010 | High temperature light guide Disclosed is a method of forming an optical monitoring or transmitting light guide and a resulting apparatus that begins by bonding a bundle of optical fibers together using an epoxy and polishing the distal end of the bundle of optical fibers to create an optical a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430349 | Method for increasing daylight display brightness for helmet mounted displays The present invention provides an optical system and method that substantially eliminates or reduces disadvantages and problems associated with previously developed optical visual display systems and methods used for displaying critical visual symbology or rastered ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421169 | Optical fiber cable An optical fiber cable that sustains reduced increase in transmission loss and optical fiber breakage when subject to external pressure exerted thereon, comprises an aggregate of elements including central buffer filaments disposed in the center part of the optical ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419308 | Fiber bundle termination with reduced fiber-to-fiber pitch A method of fabrication of a fiber bundle termination with reduced fiber-to-fiber pitch which includes reducing the outside diameter of fibers in the fiber bundle by etching and provides means for preventing breakage of the etched fibers during etching and assembly.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418178 | Multi-core fiber A multi-core optical fiber apparatus is disclosed. The multi-core optical fiber apparatus includes a cladding comprising quartz and a plurality of cores embedded in the cladding. Each of the cores has a diameter (D) ranging from 1.3 μm to 2.0 μm, a numerical apert... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418169 | Apparatus for controlling at least one of at least two sections of at least one fiber An apparatus for controlling at least one of at least two sections of at least one fiber can be provided. The apparatus can include an arrangement which may be provided between the first and second sections of a particular continuous fiber of the fibers. A particula... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412131 | Multilayer optic device and system and method for making same An optic device, system and method for making are described. The optic device includes a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a second solid phase layer having a second index of refraction with a se... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409128 | Pumping arrangement for fiber amplifiers with reduced reflective feedback An improved tapered fiber bundle (TFB), or assembly including a TFB, mitigates undesirable reflections from optical discontinuities at the input ends of the multimode fibers of the TFB by suppressing the coupling of signal light into modes that can produce undesired... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409129 | Optical fiber array module, fabrication method thereof, and portable terminal An optical fiber array module is provided. The optical fiber array module includes a light emitting device to emit light having a pre-set convergence angle through a side surface (having a window or opening) thereof; an optical fiber array including a plurality of o... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403280 | Fiber coupling into bent capillary A fluidic device is provided which is adapted to subject a fluid to light. It generally comprises a capillary that is adapted for conducting the fluid and which furthermore and comprises at least one bending and at least one waveguide having an end face that is adap... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400790 | Optical connections and methods of forming optical connections In one embodiment, an assembly having a first board, a second board, a fiber bundle, and at least one movable stage is provided. The fiber bundle has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the fiber bundle is attached to the first board first face. The m... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400805 | Compact light collection system and method A light collection system includes at least one light source, a light tunnel having reflective walls and a collimating plate at the light output end of the tunnel. The collimating plate includes an optical element array. The element array receives the light emitted ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7379630 | Multiplexed fiber optic sensor system A multiplexed fiber optic sensor system including a first optical fiber having a first end arranged to receive light from a light souce, at least two optical fibers having diameters smaller than the first optical fiber, and at least two fiber optic sensors, each of ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379641 | Fiber-based optical alignment system A low-cost alignment system suitable for aligning a wafer to a test fixture includes a bundle of optical fibers wherein at least one fiber serves to deliver illumination to the alignment target from an end thereof, and a plurality of receiver fibers, each having end... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373053 | Optical fiber array and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a high-density and high-precision optical fiber array which can stably be manufactured with excellent operability and which can maintain excellent characteristics while suppressing insertion loss with respect to optical parts by optimi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373050 | Optical communication module and connector A half region of an end face of an optical fiber is cut at an angle of 45° to form a reflecting surface. A light-emitting element is arranged so as to face the end face of the optical fiber. A photoreceptor element is arranged beside the optical fiber with the elem... | 05/13/2008 |
