Patents by Inventor Michael D Lathrop

Michael D Lathrop 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).

  • Precision optical mount
    Patent number: 8139289
    Abstract: An optical apparatus has a primary optical element having a primary spherical optical surface with a primary center of curvature, wherein the primary spherical optical surface has a peripheral portion that extends outside a usable aperture of the optical apparatus, and a secondary optical element. A mount suspends the secondary optical element spaced apart from the primary optical element, wherein the mount comprises a number of leg sections, each leg section extending between the primary and secondary optical elements. Each leg section terminates in a spherical mating surface that rests against the peripheral portion of the primary optical element. The spherical mating surface has a mating surface center of curvature that is substantially concentric with the primary center of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Lovell E Comstock, II, Michael D Lathrop, Bruce H Myrick
  • PRECISION OPITCAL MOUNT
    Publication number: 20120026581
    Abstract: An optical apparatus has a primary optical element having a primary spherical optical surface with a primary center of curvature, wherein the primary spherical optical surface has a peripheral portion that extends outside a usable aperture of the optical apparatus, and a secondary optical element. A mount suspends the secondary optical element spaced apart from the primary optical element, wherein the mount comprises a number of leg sections, each leg section extending between the primary and secondary optical elements. Each leg section terminates in a spherical mating surface that rests against the peripheral portion of the primary optical element. The spherical mating surface has a mating surface center of curvature that is substantially concentric with the primary center of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Lovell E Comstock, II, Michael D Lathrop, Bruce H Myrick