Non-polarizing thin film edge filter
What is claimed is: 1. A thin film optical filter having a bandpass reflectance characteristic with one of the transition wavelength edges thereof being non-polarizing for radiation incident at a pres... Read More
Inventors: Thelen, Alfred J.;, Assignee: Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA) |
Temporary roadway barrier of contrasting panel portions with reflective ridges or beads at the panel junctions
The invention provides an elongate barrier for a temporary roadway or pavement free standing barrier system, the barrier being of elongate rectangular form and having means to suspend the barrier from... Read More
Inventors: Lees, Anthony;, Assignee: Glasdon Limited (Blackpool, GB) |
Automotive electrical harness
I claim: 1. The combination of an electric powered automotive engine starter, an automotive engine starter electrical solenoid, an automotive electrical power source and a harness, said harness being ... Read More
Inventors: Casteel, Ronald C.;, Assignee: |
Coupler for optical fiber waveguides and method of constructing same
The present invention is based upon the principle that a guided mode in an optical fiber can become a leaky mode in a region of the fiber where the index of refraction of the cladding is increased. As... Read More
Inventors: Szczepanek, Paul S.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) |
Mechanical switch for optical fibers
The present invention provides a mechanical switch for optical fibers having a first strand of optical fiber with a moving end displacable between two positions in which it comes into alignment with t... Read More
Inventors: Lemonde, Jean-Louis;, Assignee: Alcatel Cit (Paris, FR) |
Optical filter made of inorganic material for blue light
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical filter made of inorganic material for blue light which object is accomplished by detailed investigation of the inorganic materials and accum... Read More
Inventors: Wada, Masatoshi; Kitamura, Naritoshi; Moritsu, Yukikazu; Sakai, Tetsuo;, Assignee: Okuno Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP); Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Tokyo, JP) |
Solid-state electrochemical cell
The solid-state electrochemical cell of this invention, which overcomes the above-discussed and numerous other disadvantages and deficiencies of the prior art, comprises at least one pair of electrode... Read More
Inventors: Takada, Kazunori; Yamamura, Yasuharu; Kondo, Shigeo;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Integrated fiber optics transmitter/receiver device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the transmitter/receiver device according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 3. A semiconductor laser diode 13 is mounted on the same support... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Wai-Hon;, Assignee: Pencom International Corporation (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Optical transmission of RF subcarriers in adjacent signal bands
In accordance with the present invention, apparatus is provided for optically transmitting subcarriers in adjacent signal bands (e.g., octaves). A first laser operates at a first wavelength, and is mo... Read More
Inventors: Huber, David R.;, Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (Hatboro, PA) |
Laser materials processing with a lensless fiber optic output coupler
The foregoing objects of the present invention are achieved by means of a new and improved laser materials processing system including apparatus comprising a fiber optic for transmitting a materials p... Read More
Inventors: Jones, Marshall G.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Optical system consisting of at least two partial systems
The object of the invention is to describe an optical system of the type first named above which permits as compact and as stable a construction as possible and where due to its design, a high adjustm... Read More
Inventors: Hofbauer, Engelbert;, Assignee: |
Method and arrangements for dispersion equalization of optical fiber transmission lines
We claim: 1. A method of equalizing dispersion effects in an optical fiber transmission line having a given delay characteristic for each optical wavelength propagated therethrough comprising the step... Read More
Inventors: Steensma, Peter Dennis; Kao, Charles Kuen;, Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (Nutley, NJ) |
Arrangement for optical image processing
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronically controlled filter which can convert, on the one hand, as an input converter in an optical computer, electronic image information i... Read More
Inventors: Hoenig, Eckhardt; Lischke, Burkhard;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
Balanced lightwave transmission system
: Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a lightwave transmission system wherein the digital signal having a DC component is also reliably decided without use of the AGC techniq... Read More
Inventors: Kiyono, Mikio;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (JP) |
Gradient index miniature coupling lens
The present invention contemplates a miniature optical lens of extremely small size for coupling determinable wavelengths of light energy from a similarly small size emitting surface area of a source ... Read More
Inventors: Martin, William E.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
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Semiconductor photovoltaic generator and method of fabricating thereof
OF THE INVENTION A semiconductor photovoltaic generator comprises photovoltaic converters 1 made as tilted parallelepipeds (FIGS. 1, 2) which are interconnected in series and assembled to form a mono... Read More
Inventors: Lidorenko, Nikolai S.; Evdokimov, Vladimir M.; Zadde, Vitaly V.; Kozlov, Alexandr I.; Ryabikov, Stanislav V.; Potapov, Valery N.; Strebkov, Dmitry S.; Surianinova, Tatiana I.; Chubrikov, Boris A.; Zatravina, Valentina V.; Korolev, Boris V.; Kulikov, Vikto, Assignee: |
Collector for solar energy
According to the present invention there is provided a device adapted to convert part of solar radiation which is generally not utilized efficiently by conventional solar cells to radiation which is u... Read More
Inventors: Reisfeld, Renata; Neuman, Samuel;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for enhancing the output of photovoltaic solar cells
Contrary to known prior art procedures for enhancing the efficiency or power output of solar cells, the present invention employs a substantial quantity of heat absorbing material, such as water, to a... Read More
Inventors: Beam, Benjamin H.;, Assignee: Beam Engineering, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Use of synthetic hydrocarbon oils as heat transfer fluids
We claim: 1. In a heat transfer system comprising heat source means, heat sink means, a heat transfer fluid and means for conducting said heat transfer fluid between said source means and said sink me... Read More
Inventors: Beretta, David; Loveless, Frederick C.; Nudenberg, Walter;, Assignee: Uniroyal, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Solar energy conversion system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring initially to FIG. 1, the solar collection and conversion system of the present invention includes a high pressure cavity formed, for example, from a pair of high... Read More
Inventors: Atkinson, Jr., John H.;, Assignee: Advanced Solar Power Company (ASPCO) (Newport Beach, CA) |
High speed cooling of ingots
We claim: 1. In a method of high speed cooling an ingot on a roller track, there being spray nozzles disposed to spray coolant towards the ingot, the improvement of moving the ingot on and by means of... Read More
Inventors: Schwitzgobel, Rudolf; Monreal, Karl;, Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft (Dusseldorf, DE) |
Hybrid slow scan resolution conversion
We claim: 1. An imaging device including an array of photosensitive elements extending along an axis arranged in a first direction, detecting light reflected from a document, each photosite periodical... Read More
Inventors: Dash, Robert J.; Baum, David B.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Image reading apparatus
We claim: 1. An image reading apparatus having a bottom take-out type automatic paper feeding apparatus which sequentially takes out sheet-like paper (1) stacked on a hopper (3) one by one from the lo... Read More
Inventors: Morikawa, Shuichi; Futatsuka, Masahiko; Ishida, Satoshi; Miyauchi, Yasunori; Masuda, Minoru; Takagawa, Makoto;, Assignee: PFU Limited (Unoke, JP); Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Lighting fixture utilizing a multi-layered hologram as a lens element
Referring to FIG. 1, a lighting fixture 10 is shown constituting a presently preferred embodiment of the present invention. The lighting fixture includes a light source 12, which is preferably a conv... Read More
Inventors: Davis, Charles S.;, Assignee: Knoll International, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Microscope slide marking device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring initially to FIG. 1, a microscope 10 includes lens turret system 12 which is adapted for carrying a plurality of magnifying lens systems known as lens objective... Read More
Inventors: Saccomanno, Geno; Cary, Paul O.;, Assignee: |
System and mechanism of feeding, traction, shuttering and film adjustment in programmable audiovisual apparatus, with rapid frame change
What is claimed is: 1. Audiovisual apparatus including film having a plurality of successive film frames and shutter means having a shutter frame, said film and shutter frames being situatable along a... Read More
Inventors: Castanho, Jr., Elio D.;, Assignee: |
Holographic recording medium containing a 2-cyanoacrylate polymer
We claim: 1. A photosensitive recording medium for recording spatially modulated optical data and for the recording of holograhic information in real time, comprising a polymeric sheet comprising a lo... Read More
Inventors: Reich, Shymon; Friesem, Albert A.;, Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Company, Ltd. (Rehovot, IL) |
Mirror steering system
What is claimed is: 1. A mechanical mirror steering system comprising: a gimbal; a plane mirror pivotally mounted within the gimbal, a means for steering said plane mirror affixed to one side of the p... Read More
Inventors: Pledger, Richard Payne;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air (Washington, DC) |
Active light control device
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIG. 1-A, the light-control element 1 shown therein comprises an electro-optical layer 2 sandwiched between transparent electrode layers 3 and 4. The electro... Read More
Inventors: Frank, Lee F.; Kaukeinen, Joseph Y.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Optical Systems 
