Patents by Inventor Mark G. Arenal

Mark G. Arenal 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).

  • Patent number: 10976646
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for an optical video system may include a platform having a track extending longitudinally along the platform. A camera mount may be slideably coupled to the track. A camera may be coupled to the camera mount. The camera may include a receptacle for engaging an interchangeable lens assembly. The mounting assembly for the optical video system may also include a biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism urges the camera mount along the track such that the receptacle engages the interchangeable lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: THS L.S. STARRETT COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Yates, Mark G. Arenal, Robert D. Picone
  • Publication number: 20190391086
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for an optical video system may include a platform having a track extending longitudinally along the platform. A camera mount may be slideably coupled to the track. A camera may be coupled to the camera mount. The camera may include a receptacle for engaging an interchangeable lens assembly. The mounting assembly for the optical video system may also include a biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism urges the camera mount along the track such that the receptacle engages the interchangeable lens assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Yates, Mark G. Arenal, Robert D. Picone
  • Patent number: 10408768
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for an optical video system may include a platform having a track extending longitudinally along the platform. A camera mount may be slideably coupled to the track. A camera may be coupled to the camera mount. The camera may include a receptacle for engaging an interchangeable lens assembly. The mounting assembly for the optical video system may also include a biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism urges the camera mount along the track such that the receptacle engages the interchangeable lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Yates, Mark G. Arenal, Robert D. Picone
  • Publication number: 20190003982
    Abstract: A digital optical video measurement system may include a chassis, a digital imaging system coupled to the chassis, and a light source coupled to the chassis. The light source may be configured to emit light along an optical axis extending in a direction of the digital imaging system. The digital optical video measurement system may also include a table coupled to the chassis. The table may have a first orientation and a second orientation. When the table is in the first orientation, the optical axis may intersect the table. When the table is in the second orientation, the optical axis may be spaced apart from the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Manuel Jimenez Dantes, Robert Yates, Mark G. Arenal
  • Publication number: 20170115234
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for an optical video system may include a platform having a track extending longitudinally along the platform. A camera mount may be slideably coupled to the track. A camera may be coupled to the camera mount. The camera may include a receptacle for engaging an interchangeable lens assembly. The mounting assembly for the optical video system may also include a biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism urges the camera mount along the track such that the receptacle engages the interchangeable lens assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Yates, Mark G. Arenal, Robert D. Picone
  • Patent number: 4884878
    Abstract: There is disclosed an optical unit which is primarily intended to retrofit existing work piece processing machines such as coordinate measuring machines, milling machines or EDM machines. The optical unit includes a zoom lens with a lens housing, and an optical coupling for a video camera. The lens housing isolates the optical elements against vibration during adjustment of the zoom lens, and for this purpose a flexible belt link is provided between a lens focusing knob and the zoom lens. An optical coupling having a relay or copying lens and an extender lens is included between the video camera and the zoom lens. This coupling effectively decrease the back focal length of the high magnification zoom lens and greatly compress the overall assembly. The optical coupling includes a coupling housing having a focusing cylinder that rotatably adjusts the position of the relay lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Ram Optical Instrumentation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Arenal, Robert A. Murphy
  • Patent number: 4779967
    Abstract: An objective lens system having a pair of plano-convex lenses disposed adjacent each other with the convex surfaces facing each other and aligned along common optical axis. A plurality of optical fibers surround the plan-convex lenses to convey light and illuminate an object to be viewed by the objective lens assembly. Adjustably positioned adjacent the second plano-convex lens is a field lens system including an elongate rod lens for conducting the intermediate image from the plano-convex lenses and to relay it to an ocular lens system for viewing by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Ram Optical Instrumentation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Murphy, Mark G. Arenal