Patents by Inventor William M. Carson

William M. Carson 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: 4480895
    Abstract: An adjustable reflector apparatus for redirecting an incident beam of light in a direction substantially normal to its incident direction. The apparatus includes a fixed reflector assembly and a movable reflector assembly, each having a flat mirror, and a device for securing the two assemblies together such that the beam is reflected successively by the two mirrors. The apparatus further includes a special adjustment device for precisely adjusting the angle between the two mirrors, and thereby correspondingly adjusting the angle between the incident beam and the redirected beam to be precisely 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Inventor: William M. Carson
  • Patent number: 4200787
    Abstract: An omnidirectional fiber optic laser beam sensing apparatus for particular use in detecting the elevation of a light beam. A plurality of optical fibers are arranged to receive light from a plurality of separate elevation zones and to transmit the light to a lesser plurality of phototransducers located within a grounded enclosure. The fibers corresponding to each elevation zone are grouped into separate fiber bundles and oriented to direct the light to a common phototransducer, whereby each phototransducer senses light received within a separate elevation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: CLS Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Carson