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20080307919 | DIFFERENTIAL ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A differential adjuster that utilizes a tool interface for affecting either a coarse adjustment or a fine adjustment is presented. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a differential adjuster includes an intermediate actuator sleeve with a tool interface to accommodate a tool for performing fine adjustments. In some embodiments, a differential adjuster includes a main body with a tool interface to accept a tool for performing coarse adjustments. By utilizing a tool interface, rather than a knob, embodiments of the differential adjuster according to the present invention can be formed with small form factors. | 12-18-2008 |
20110032957 | COMPACT MULTIMODE LASER WITH RAPID WAVELENGTH SCANNING - In accordance with the present invention, a compact laser system with nearly continuous wavelength scanning is presented. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can be scanned over a broad range. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can be scanned at high scan rates. In some embodiments, the compact laser system can have a variable coherence length. In particular, embodiments with wavelength scanning over 140 nm with continuously variable scan rates of up to about 1 nm/μs, and discrete increase in scan rates up to about 10 nm/μs, and variable coherence lengths of from 1 mm to about 30 mm can be achieved. | 02-10-2011 |
20140028997 | AGILE IMAGING SYSTEM - An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described. | 01-30-2014 |
20140104618 | COMPACT, LOW DISPERSION, AND LOW ABERRATION ADAPTIVE OPTICS SCANNING SYSTEM - An adaptive optics scanning system using a beam projection module with four or more axes of motion that can project and control the position and angle of a beam of light to or from an adaptive optics element. The adaptive optics scanning system is compact in size, overcoming the challenges of a traditional lens and mirror based pupil relay design. The adaptive optics scanning system has little to no dispersion, chromatic aberration, and off-axis aberration for improved optical performance. The system and methods for calibrating and optimizing the system are described. A modular adaptive optics unit that scans and interfaces an adaptive optics element is described. | 04-17-2014 |
20140175242 | LOW WAVEFRONT DISTORTION OPTICAL MOUNT - An optical mount is disclosed having at least one restraining element for an optic having at least one contact point with a first surface of the optic and at least one force element having at least one contact point with a second surface of the optic, wherein each contact point on the first surface of the optic has a corresponding contact point on the second surface of the optic. | 06-26-2014 |
20140268050 | TUNABLE LASER ARRAY SYSTEM - A system for swept source optical coherence tomography, the system including a light source emitting multiplexed wavelength-swept radiation over a total wavelength range, the light source including N wavelength-swept vertical cavity lasers (VCL) emitting N tunable VCL outputs having N wavelength trajectories, a combiner for combining the N tunable VCL optical outputs into a common optical path to create the multiplexed wavelength-swept radiation, a splitter for splitting the multiplexed wavelength-swept radiation to a sample and a reference path, an optical detector for detecting an interference signal created by an optical interference between a reflection from the sample and light traversing the reference path, and a signal processing system which uses the interference signal to construct an image of the sample, wherein at least one of the N wavelength trajectories differs from another of the N wavelength trajectories with respect to at least one parameter. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268169 | WIDELY TUNABLE SWEPT SOURCE - A high-speed, single-mode, high power, reliable and manufacturable wavelength-tunable light source operative to emit wavelength tunable radiation over a wavelength range contained in a wavelength span between about 950 nm and about 1150 nm, including a vertical cavity laser (VCL), the VCL having a gain region with at least one compressively strained quantum well containing Indium, Gallium, and Arsenic. | 09-18-2014 |
20150221242 | COMPOSITE TAG - One embodiment of a composite tag comprises a first inner panel having a first surface and a second surface, a second outer panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and being magnetically attached to the first surface of the first inner panel, a third outer panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and being magnetically attached to the second surface of the first inner panel. | 08-06-2015 |
20150293340 | AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM - An autofocus apparatus is capable of detecting the position of a sample on a microscope. The sample may consist of a specimen mounted between a microscope slide and coverslip or specimens within a well plate. The device tracks the position of a sample by identifying refractive index boundaries through Fresnel reflections. A change in refractive index can correspond to the top and bottom of a coverslip, the top of a slide, the bottom of a well plate or the bottom of a well within a well plate. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT) these reflections are used to form a depth scan of the sample which gives the positions of these surfaces relative to the objective. The device functions as an autofocus system by compensating for any variation of the position of the sample from the focal plane of the objective. | 10-15-2015 |
20160028207 | AMPLIFIED WIDELY TUNABLE SHORT CAVITY LASER - An amplified tunable source includes a short-cavity laser coupled to an optical amplifier for high power, spectrally shaped operation. The short-cavity laser is coupled to a quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier with two quantum states for broadened gain. Two preferred wavelength ranges of the amplified tunable source include 1200-1400 nm and 800-1100 nm. Also disclosed is the short cavity tunable laser coupled to a fiber amplifier. Various combinations of tunable optical filters with the amplified tunable source to reduce noise or improve spectral purity are presented. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028208 | POLARIZATION STABLE WIDELY TUNABLE SHORT CAVITY LASER - A tunable source includes a short-cavity laser optimized for performance and reliability in SSOCT imaging systems, spectroscopic detection systems, and other types of detection and sensing systems. A short cavity laser with a large free spectral range cavity, fast tuning response and single transverse, longitudinal and polarization mode operation is disclosed. Methods for obtaining polarization stable operation of the tunable source are presented. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028212 | TUNABLE SHORT CAVITY LASER SENSOR - Optical systems employ a tunable source which includes a short cavity laser with a large free spectral range cavity, fast tuning response, and single transverse and longitudinal mode operation. Systems for optical spectroscopy with optimized scanning, a system for optical beam steering and a system for a tunable local oscillator are disclosed. | 01-28-2016 |
20160062112 | COMPACT, LOW DISPERSION, AND LOW ABERRATION ADAPTIVE OPTICS SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An adaptive optics scanning system and method using a beam projection module with four or more axes of motion that can project and control the position and angle of a beam of light to or from an adaptive optics element. The adaptive optics scanning system is compact in size, overcoming the challenges of a traditional lens and mirror based pupil relay design. The adaptive optics scanning system has little to no dispersion, chromatic aberration, and off-axis aberration for improved optical performance. The system and methods for calibrating and optimizing the system are described. A modular adaptive optics unit that scans and interfaces an adaptive optics element is described. | 03-03-2016 |
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20150110996 | EXTRUSION-COATED STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS HAVING INTEGRATED HARDWARE ELEMENTS - The present disclosure relates to extrusion-coated hardware integrated structural systems, as well as methods of making and using the same. Hardware integrated structural systems of the present invention may exhibit enhanced strength, functionality, and/or durability, while being simpler to assemble and more aesthetic than similar conventional systems. Structural systems according to embodiments of the present invention can be suitable for use in a variety of applications, including as ready-to-assemble furniture or cabinetry or as building and construction materials such as wall board, flooring, trim, and the like. | 04-23-2015 |
20160039194 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING MISCIBLE MATERIALS - An object can be formed in an additive manufacturing process, such as FDM, by providing a substrate having at least a surface that is made of a first material, and forming one or more layers of a second material on the surface of the substrate, wherein a Hildebrand solubility parameter of the second material is within about 5% of a Hildebrand solubility parameter of the first material. In this manner, the object part formed by the one or more layers of the second material may be incorporated into the object. In an example, the object includes a first portion comprised of the one or more layers of the second material and a second portion comprised of the substrate, the first portion having a first haze value and the second portion having a second haze value, wherein a percent difference between the first haze value and the second haze value is equal to or greater than about 165%. | 02-11-2016 |
20160075091 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OBJECT REMOVAL - An object can be produced by depositing a material, layer-by-layer by an additive manufacturing process, onto a surface of a substrate. Removal of the object from the substrate may be accomplished without mechanically contacting the object with a device or chemically contacting the object. In an example, removal of the object from the substrate can be accomplished by flexing or bending the substrate. The substrate can be configured to elastically deform in response to a load applied to the sheet causing a deflection at a center of the sheet in an amount of at least about 12 mm and/or the sheet to have a radius of curvature that is less than or equal to about 305 mm. | 03-17-2016 |
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20110265292 | QUIET RELEASE SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER FASTENERS - Disclosed herein is a process for engaging and disengaging a releasable fastener system, comprising fastening devices composed of elastomers or shape memory polymers and their composites wherein the fastening devices may be of any number of geometrical shapes limited only by the fact that each pair of fastening devices are designed such that the mating geometries of each device are compatible with one another. This disclosure relates to an apparatus and process for an easy and near silent closure mechanism for a container. Specifically this application deals with the use of elastomers or shape memory polymers as the connection devices in a fastener system which can be used to attach one part to another or act as the closure mechanism for a pocket, box, or other container. | 11-03-2011 |
20120119412 | METHOD FOR REMOVING A SMP APPARATUS FROM A CURED COMPOSITE PART - A method and apparatus for removing a SMP apparatus from within a cured composite part. The method may comprise the steps of triggering the SMP apparatus from a rigid state to a malleable state, inducing a pressure differential that drives the SMP apparatus, in the malleable state, away from the cured composite part and toward an inner mandrel tool, and removing the inner mandrel tool with the SMP apparatus resting thereon out of the cured composite part. The inner mandrel tool may comprise an outer surface having varying contours such that a surface area of the outer surface is great enough to prevent the SMP apparatus from folding over onto itself or creasing when driven toward the inner mandrel tool. A maximum straight line distance between points on the outer surface may be small enough to allow the inner mandrel tool clearance for removal from the cured composite part. | 05-17-2012 |
20150327634 | REUSABLE QUICK RELEASE FASTENER SYSTEMS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME - Reusable quick-release fastener systems include fasteners composed of a neat polymer such as an elastomer or a shape memory polymer. The fasteners may be of any number of geometrical shapes, with each pair of fastening devices having mating geometries that are compatible with one another. The fastening devices provide an easy and nearly silent closure mechanism. The fastener systems can be used to attach one part to another or to act as the closure mechanism for an article comprising the fastener system, such as a pocket, a box, or a container, for example. | 11-19-2015 |
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20100155330 | TARGET MATERIAL REMOVAL USING RARE EARTH METALS - The present invention is directed to the removal of one or more selected target materials from various streams using a rare earth metal-containing fixing agent. | 06-24-2010 |
20110272273 | LANTHANIDE-MEDIATED PHOTOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN GENERATION - The application generally relates to a process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. More particularly, the application generally relates to a lanthanide-mediated photochemical process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. | 11-10-2011 |
20110303871 | REMEDIATION OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE WATER - The present invention is directed to the removal of one or more selected target materials, in particular a physiologically active compound contaminant, from various streams using a rare earth fixing agent. | 12-15-2011 |
20120074071 | PROCESS FOR TREATING WATERS AND WATER HANDLING SYSTEMS TO REMOVE SCALES AND REDUCE THE SCALING TENDENCY - The present disclosure includes an embodiment to a method for treating water and/or a water handling system to decrease deposit formation and/or to remove a deposit. More particularly, to a method for treating water and/or a water handling system with one or more rare earths to decrease deposit formation and/or to remove a deposit. Struvite is an example of deposit material that can be removed and/or deposition inhibited by treating a water and/or water handling system with one or more earths. | 03-29-2012 |
20120103909 | PARTICULATE CERIUM DIOXIDE AND AN IN SITU METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - This disclosure relates generally to methods and compositions for removing contaminants from streams and is particularly concerned with methods and compositions for removing contaminants from municipal wastewaters, municipal drinking waters and recreational waters. The present disclosure is to particulate cerium, more particularly to particulate cerium (IV) formed by an in situ oxidative process and to a method for removing target materials from a target material-containing stream using particulate cerium formed in situ. | 05-03-2012 |
20120187047 | RARE EARTH REMOVAL OF HYDRATED AND HYDROXYL SPECIES - This disclosure relates generally to methods and rare earth-containing additives for removing target materials in the form of hydroxides, carbonates, hydrates, or oxyhydroxyls from, a typically aqueous, liquid medium. | 07-26-2012 |
20120187337 | RARE EARTH REMOVAL OF PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING MATERIALS - This disclosure relates generally to methods and rare earth-containing additives for removing inorganic and organic phosphorus-containing target materials. | 07-26-2012 |
20120223022 | CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM WATERS USING RARE EARTHS - The present disclosure is directed to the use of rare earth-containing additives, particularly rare earth-containing additives comprising rare earths of plural oxidation states, to remove, particularly from recreational waters, various target materials, such as disinfectant by-products and precursors thereof, phosphates, and organophosphates. | 09-06-2012 |
20120261345 | RARE EARTH REMOVAL OF HYDRATED AND HYDROXYL SPECIES - This disclosure relates generally to methods and rare earth-containing additives for removing target materials in the form of hydroxides, carbonates, hydrates, or oxyhydroxyls from, a typically aqueous, liquid medium. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261347 | NON-METAL-CONTAINING OXYANION REMOVAL FROM WATERS USING RARE EARTHS - The present disclosure is directed to the use of rare earth-containing additives, particularly rare earth-containing additives comprising rare earths of plural oxidation states, to remove non-metal-containing oxyanions. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261611 | RARE EARTH REMOVAL OF PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING MATERIALS - This disclosure relates generally to methods and rare earth-containing additives for removing inorganic and organic phosphorus-containing target materials. | 10-18-2012 |
20130001094 | Lanthanide-Mediated Water Splitting Process for Hydrogen and Oxygen Generation - The application generally relates to a process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. More particularly, the application generally relates to a lanthanide-mediated electrochemical and/or photoelectrochemical process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. | 01-03-2013 |