Patents by Inventor Steven E. Morin

Steven E. Morin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for collimating and coaligning optical components
    Patent number: 8256152
    Abstract: A laser alignment assembly has two or more lasers aligned relative to one or more reflective surfaces to generate coaligned and collimated light beams. The assembly may further make the light beams collinear. The orientation of the reflective surface may be controlled by an electrically controllable actuator. The laser alignment assembly may be disposed in a weapon aiming system having visible and infrared lasers and may be coupled to a weapon to aid in aiming of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventors: Steven E. Morin, Brian W. Cranton
  • Method and apparatus for aligning collimated light beams
    Patent number: 8056245
    Abstract: An optical bench configured to hold two or more sources of collimated light utilizes prisms that when rotated generate rings of possible angular directions of light that overlap at one or more locations at which the two or more beams are coaligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: L-3 Insight Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian W. Cranton, Steven E. Morin, Steven E. Dolbec, Matthew Tapley
  • Method and apparatus for collimating and coaligning optical components
    Patent number: 7997022
    Abstract: A laser alignment assembly has two or more lasers aligned relative to one or more reflective surfaces to generate coaligned and collimated light beams. The assembly may further make the light beams collinear. The orientation of the reflective surface may be controlled by an electrically controllable actuator. The laser alignment assembly may be disposed in a weapon aiming system having visible and infrared lasers and may be coupled to a weapon to aid in aiming of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: L-3 Insight Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven E. Morin, Brian W. Cranton
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING COLLIMATED LIGHT BEAMS
    Publication number: 20110173822
    Abstract: An optical bench configured to hold two or more sources of collimated light utilizes prisms that when rotated generate rings of possible angular directions of light that overlap at one or more locations at which the two or more beams are coaligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Brian W. Cranton, Steven E. Morin, Steven E. Dolbec, Matthew Tapley
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLIMATING AND COALIGNING OPTICAL COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20090223072
    Abstract: A laser alignment assembly has two or more lasers aligned relative to one or more reflective surfaces to generate coaligned and collimated light beams. The assembly may further make the light beams collinear. The orientation of the reflective surface may be controlled by an electrically controllable actuator. The laser alignment assembly may be disposed in a weapon aiming system having visible and infrared lasers and may be coupled to a weapon to aid in aiming of the weapon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Steven E. Morin, Brian W. Cranton