Patents by Inventor George Edward Charles

George Edward Charles 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).

  • Optical hinge
    Patent number: 5889602
    Abstract: An optical hinge (20) provides one or more free space optical communication links through the hinge (17) of an instrument (10). The optical links include a transmitter (24) in one section (14) of the instrument (10) and a receiver (34) in the other section (16) of the instrument (10). An optical coupler (27) connects the transmitter (24) to the receiver (34) through a hinge (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Earnest J. Johnson, Christopher K. Y. Chun, Barbara McNeill Foley, Cary D. Perttunen, Daniel B. Schwartz, George Edward Charles
  • Electro-optic device board
    Patent number: 5864642
    Abstract: A flexible electro-optic circuit board (20) includes a polymer circuit board (22) and a polymer optical backplane (34). The polymer circuit board (22) includes a plurality of circuit elements (50, 52). The polymer optical backplane (34) has a plurality of optical transmission lines (44). A plurality of optical vias (30) couple the polymer circuit board (22) to the polymer optical backplane (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Y. Chun, Daniel B. Schwartz, Melissa Denvir, George Edward Charles, Dale Brian Halling