Patents by Inventor Carl J. Zorn

Carl J. Zorn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Illuminating system and method for specialized and decorative lighting using liquid light guides
    Patent number: 5799124
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an illumination system for specialized decorative lighting including a light source, a flexible plastic tube sheath for distributing the light to a remote location, a transparent liquid core filling the tube that has an index of refraction greater than that of the plastic tube and an arrangement where light coupled from the light source is caused to leak from the liquid light guide at desired locations for the purposes of specialized lighting, such as underwater illumination in swimming pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc.
    Inventors: Carl J. Zorn, Brian J. Kross, Stanislaw Majewski, Randolph F. Wojcik
  • Flexible liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments
    Patent number: 5684908
    Abstract: A liquid light guide system for ultraviolet light is disclosed that has a light shaping arrangement for the emitted light, a stable liquid core and sheath and reliable and effective end closures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Kross, Stanislaw Majewski, Carl J. Zorn, Lukasz A. Majewski
  • Examination system utilizing ionizing radiation and a flexible, miniature radiation detector probe
    Patent number: 5568532
    Abstract: An optimized examination system and method based on the Reverse Geometry X-Ray.RTM. (RGX.RTM.) radiography technique are presented. The examination system comprises a radiation source, at least one flexible, miniature radiation detector probe positioned in appropriate proximity to the object to be examined and to the radiation source with the object located between the source and the probe, a photodetector device attachable to an end of the miniature radiation probe, and a control unit integrated with a display device connected to the photodetector device. The miniature radiation detector probe comprises a scintillation element, a flexible light guide having a first end optically coupled to the scintillation element and having a second end attachable to the photodetector device, and an opaque, environmentally-resistant sheath surrounding the flexible light guide. The probe may be portable and insertable, or may be fixed in place within the object to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanislaw Majewski, Brian J. Kross, Carl J. Zorn, Lukasz A. Majewski