Patents Assigned to Quarton, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6513251
    Abstract: An illuminable laser sight has a power source, a laser module coupled to the power source, a laser module coupled to the power source and having a laser diode for emitting laser beams, and an adjuster module positioned around the laser module and coupled to the power source, the adjuster module having a front face and a laser light exit formed at the center of the front face and aligned with the laser diode. The laser sight further includes an illuminator module positioned adjacent the front face of the adjuster module, the illuminator module having a plurality of LEDs arranged in an annular manner to define a central bore that is axially aligned with the laser light exit and the laser diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Chi Huang, Wan-Rone Liou, Chih-Feng Lin, Yu-Hsi Yang
  • Patent number: 6485217
    Abstract: A light adjustment device for a laser resonant socket having a laser base having a housing that defines a laser chamber that retains a laser diode therein, and a fixing seat disposed at one end of the housing. The light adjustment device further includes an upper cover that is removably coupled with the fixing seat to define a spherical groove, and an adjuster body having a ball and an adjusting shaft, with a resonant socket room defined in the ball, and with a laser resonant socket retained inside the socket room. The ball is seated inside the spherical groove in a manner such that the ball can be pivoted inside the spherical groove to adjust the orientation of the ball and the adjusting shaft with respect to the laser base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Teng-Yuan Chien, Chao-Chi Huang, Wan-Rone Liou
  • Patent number: 6481686
    Abstract: A multifunctional turntable for a leveling device includes a pedestal, a limb, a level adjustment means and a turn member. The turn member has an open end trough and clamp boards to hold a measuring or surveying instrument therebetween and thereby a plane pressure is used to clamp the instrument. By providing the multifunctional turntable of the present invention, a wide variety of instruments can then be carried securely and steadily, and a horizontal level of the carried instrument can thus be easily achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Der-Shyang Jan
  • Patent number: 6438888
    Abstract: A fixing rack for use in quickly clipping an accessory on to a pistol has an elastic clipping seat made of an elastic sheet having two opposing sides that are bent upwardly and inwardly to a preset angle. Each side of the elastic sheet has an inwardly-extending flange, and the two flanges defining an opening therebetween that varies in width when the sides are flexed. The fixing rack also includes two releasing plates, each releasing plate attached to one of the two sides of the elastic sheet to flex the two sides. The fixing rack also includes a fixing sheath attached below the clipping seat, the fixing sheath having a chamber for receiving a pistol accessory. The fixing rack can be quickly and conveniently attached to a pistol by flexing the releasing plates to widen the opening between the flanges, thereby allowing the flanges to be slid into corresponding wedging grooves in a pistol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lin, Yu-Hsi Yang
  • Patent number: 6351483
    Abstract: A method of correcting an optical axis of a laser projecting device is provided. According to this method, a cylindrical tubular member is provided, the tubular member made of a deformable material and having a base section, and a laser generation unit mounted inside the base section and adapted to project a laser beam along an optical axis. The tubular member is also provided with an extension section and a reduced-diameter circumferential groove between the base section and the extension section. Thereafter, the tubular member is rotated while projecting a laser beam from the tubular member towards a reference point in front of the tubular member that corresponds to a rotational axis of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony K. T. Chen
  • Patent number: 6310682
    Abstract: The actual value of a parameter from a laser range finder to a target is determined by adjusting the measured parameter by a measurement error. The error adjustment is based on the relationship between the intensity of the detected pulse and the expected parameter error. The laser range finder has a laser diode for emitting a laser pulse to a target to produce a reflected pulse, and a detector for receiving the reflected pulse. A measurement circuit is coupled to the detector for determining a measured parameter based on the reflected pulse. An integrator is coupled to the detector for determining the pulse area, and therefore, the intensity of the reflected pulse. A processor is coupled to the measurement circuit and the integrator for adjusting the measured parameter based on the pulse area of the reflected pulse, to provide the actual value of the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: Quarton, Inc., Segnetron Israel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moshe Gavish, Kuo-Tso Chen
  • Patent number: 6195902
    Abstract: A laser extender is provided for accurately elongating a reference line. The laser extender includes a housing, a battery set, and a laser unit. The housing has an external basic flat plane for resting upon a flat surface and having a straight edge that is adapted to be aligned with a reference line, an internal accommodating space, and a plurality of through holes for accessing the internal accommodating space from the exterior of the housing. The battery set is provided inside the internal accommodating space. The laser unit, utilizing power provided by the battery set, is located inside the internal accommodating space for generating a spanning plane laser beam perpendicular to the basic flat plane of the housing and for extending the reference line defined by the straight edge. In addition, the laser extender can engage a beam leveler for enhancing the leveling ability of the laser extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Der-Shyang Jan, Tony Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 6188469
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the speed of an object includes a first laser source for emitting a first laser plane at an intended path, and a second laser source for emitting a second laser plane at the intended path, with the second laser source positioned from the first laser source at a known distance. The apparatus further includes a detector system positioned to receive a first laser light and a second laser light that have been reflected from the first laser plane and the second laser plane, respectively, upon reflection of the first and second laser planes off the object. The detector system generates a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal, respectively, in response to the receipt of the first and second laser lights, respectively. The apparatus also includes a signal processing circuit coupled to the detector system for calculating the speed of an object passing through the intended path based on the first and second pulse signals generated by the detector system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Wan-Rone Liou, Tony Kuo-Ti Chen, Kuo-Tso Chen, Chao-Chi Huang
  • Patent number: 6163969
    Abstract: A 3D laser leveler is provided for accurately locating distant parallel or extension lines. The 3D laser leveler has a base block and a rotator. The base block provides a base plane for resting upon a flat surface when in use, a first leveling unit for examining the leveling status of the base plane, and a pivot mechanism. The rotator is rotatably connected to the base block and rotatable around the pivot mechanism, and includes a housing for providing an internal accommodating space, a battery set and a laser unit received inside the accommodating space. The laser unit uses power provided by the battery set for generating a spanning plane laser beam that can be utilized to locate a spatial extension or a perpendicular line. In addition, a joining bracket can be included separately to connect the 3D laser leveler and a conventional beam leveler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventors: Der-Shyang Jan, Tony Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 6067059
    Abstract: Laser systems are provided that include a turntable having a plurality of circumferential mirrors that are rotatably controlled by one motor. One or more laser modules are oriented to direct laser beams at the mirrors, as the mirrors are rotated. Each beam that is reflected by a mirror forms a dot of the desired image. The vertical level of the formed dots is controlled either by providing the mirrors at different angles, or by providing a plurality of laser modules at differently angled orientations or at different vertical positions. The positioning of dots along a horizontal line is controlled by synchronizing the rate of rotation of the turntable with the on-off times of the laser module(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony K. T. Chen
  • Patent number: 5988832
    Abstract: A laser pointer having a laser generating loop formed of a metal barrel, a metal clip, a metal rear end cap, a series of battery cells, a laser generating unit and a signal line, and controlled by an electronic switch to emit a laser beam, the electronic switch being switched on when the user holds the metal rear end cap in hand and touching the metal clip with one finger, the electronic switch being switched off when the finger is removed from the metal clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 5905751
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laser module is provided, which includes the steps of providing a one-piece cylindrical housing having a bore, a front window and a rear opening, securing a lens piece in the bore adjacent the front window, introducing a laser diode into the bore through the rear opening, applying a force to the laser diode to insert the laser diode into the bore while simultaneously focusing the lens, and ceasing the application of force when the lens has been accurately focused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Chi Huang, Tony K. T. Chen, Der-Shyang Jan, Ming-Chung Chiu, Yu-Hsi Yang, Teng-Yuan Chien
  • Patent number: 5878073
    Abstract: A focal distance adjustable laser module including a cap having a tapered laser firing hole, a lens holder press-fitted into the cap to hold a rubber packing ring and a lens on the rubber packing ring and having an inner thread at the back side, a laser diode holder holding a mounting plate and a laser diode on the mounting plate and having an outer thread at the front side threaded into the inner thread of the lens holder, a circuit board secured to the mounting plate at the back and connected to the laser diode to control its operation, and a spring mounted inside the lens holder and imparting a backward pressure to the laser diode holder to prohibit displacement of the laser diode holder relative to the lens holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Jen-Chih Wu
  • Patent number: 5844257
    Abstract: A light-emitting semiconductor device is adapted to be electrically connected to a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor having a first and a second surface, a second conductor having a first and a second surface, and an isolation material separating the first and second conductors. A light emitting element is disposed on the first conductor. The semiconductor device further includes a first semiconductor surface having the first surfaces of the first and second conductors separated by the isolation material, and a second semiconductor surface having the second surfaces of the first and second conductors separated by the isolation material. Both the first semiconductor surface and the second semiconductor surface may be electrically connected to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony K. T. Chen
  • Patent number: 5831290
    Abstract: A laser diode mounting structure is provided that includes a base member, which can be a metal substrate or a diode, a metal binder, and a laser diode having a laser beam emitter. The laser diode is mounted on the base member over the metal binder, and welded to the base member by melting the metal binder. The metal binder may be a metal powder or a thin metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 5803582
    Abstract: A laser pointer which includes a barrel having two opposite inside pins at one end for mounting and a hanging hole at an opposite end for hanging, a socket sliding in the barrel at one end to hold a battery set, the socket having two longitudinal sliding slots at two opposite side respectively coupled to the inside pins of the barrel, and a laser module holder shaped like a stepped tube fixedly connected to one end of the socket to hold a semiconductor laser module on the inside and a press button on the outside near the socket. The press button is exposed to the outside for operation when the inside pins of the barrel are moved to one end of each longitudinal sliding slot of the socket; the press button is received inside the barrel and concealed from sight when the inside pins of the barrel are moved to the opposite end of each longitudinal sliding slot of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Chaochi Huang
  • Patent number: 5784823
    Abstract: A laser sight assembly comprising a casing adapted for fixing to a gun, etc., a socket member mounted in the casing, and a laser module mounted in the socket member and controlled to emit a laser beam for guiding the eye, wherein the casing is comprised of two symmetrical shells connected together by screws and defining a ball socket. The socket member is a hollow, spherical, split socket turned in the ball socket and positioned at the designed angle within the casing by a frictional force. The laser module has a detachable power control device fastened thereto by a screw joint for operation control, and is turned with the socket member within the ball socket to the desired angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 5757563
    Abstract: A multi-angle laser beam projector including a metal base block having a first tapered through hole and a second tapered through hole intersected with the first tapered through hole, the first tapered through hole having one end terminating in a laser beam inlet and an opposite end terminating in a first reflecting hole, the inner diameter of the first tapered through hole being made gradually bigger from the laser beam inlet toward the first reflecting hole, the second tapered through hole having one end terminating in a second reflecting hole and an opposite end terminating in a laser beam outlet, the inner diameter of the second tapered through hole being made gradually bigger from the second tapered through hole toward the laser beam outlet, a first reflector covered over the first reflecting hole and having a reflecting surface for reflecting light from the laser beam inlet onto the second reflecting hole, and a second reflector covered over the second reflecting hole and having a reflecting surface for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Chaochi Huang
  • Patent number: 5723881
    Abstract: A dual-beam laser diode is provided and includes a base, a first laser diode mounted on the base and having a laser emitting body controlled to emit a laser beam, and a second laser diode mounted between the base and the first laser diode and having a laser emitting body. The second laser diode has a laser emitting body spaced from the laser emitting body of the first laser diode within the range of 3 .mu.m to 5 .mu.m, and controlled to emit a laser beam partially overlapped on the laser beam of the first laser diode. The laser beams of the first laser diode and second laser diode can have different wavelengths and light spot patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Ti Chen
  • Patent number: 5697700
    Abstract: A handy laser pointer including a cylindrical cassing coated with a layer of phosphorescent substance and having a transverse through hole, a laser firing cap fastened to the front end of the casing by plugging, a rear end cap fastened to the rear end of the casing by a screw joint and having a hanging hole for hanging, an insulative sleeve mounted inside the casing, a laser module holder mounted inside the casing and abutted against the insulative sleeve, a battery set mounted in the insulative sleeve and connected to the rear end cap, and a laser module mounted inside the casing and fastened to the laser module holder, the laser module including a circuit board fastened to the laser module holder and having a switch, a laser generator connected to the circuit board and controlled by the switch to emit a laser beam through the laser firing cap, a button mounted in the transverse through hole of the casing and adapted for switching the switch, a metal spring connected between the circuit board and the battery
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Quarton Inc.
    Inventor: Chaochi Huang