Patents by Inventor Ahmad Zaatari

Ahmad Zaatari 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).

  • Closed loop control techniques for displacement sensors with optical readout
    Patent number: 9702992
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus is disclosed comprising: a housing; a proof mass movable within the housing; an optical element mounted on one of the housing and the proof mass; a reflective element on the other one of the housing and the proof mass; a light source configured to illuminate grating and minor; and one or more detectors configured to detect light incident from the reflective element and the diffractive element and generate a signal indicative of the relative displacement of proof mass and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SILICON AUDIO SEISMIC, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Avenson, Matthew Raymon Christensen, Caesar Theodore Garcia, Neal Allen Hall, Abidin Guclu Onaran, James Coe Schlicher, Ahmad Zaatari
  • CLOSED LOOP CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLACEMENT SENSORS WITH OPTICAL READOUT
    Publication number: 20150293243
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus is disclosed comprising: a housing; a proof mass movable within the housing; an optical element mounted on one of the housing and the proof mass; a reflective element on the other one of the housing and the proof mass; a light source configured to illuminate grating and minor; and one or more detectors configured to detect light incident from the reflective element and the diffractive element and generate a signal indicative of the relative displacement of proof mass and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Avenson, Matthew Raymon Christensen, Caesar Theodore Garcia, Neal Allen Hall, Abidin Guclu Onaran, James Coe Schlicher, Ahmad Zaatari