Patents by Inventor Alan David Bell

Alan David Bell 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).

  • Precisely adjustable optical device having vibration and temperature stability
    Patent number: 6519101
    Abstract: An adjustable optical device including an optical element, a housing having an adjusting post fixed thereto, the optical element mounted to the housing, the housing adjusting post having a plane of movement, and an adjustment mechanism, the housing flexibly connected to the adjustment mechanism, the adjustment mechanism comprising a moving adjusting member in sliding engagement with the housing adjusting post, one of the adjusting member and the housing adjusting post comprising a wedge. The housing adjusting post is urged into movement in its plane of movement in response to relative movement between the adjusting member and the adjusting post, whereby the orientation of the optical element relative to the adjusting mechanism is adjusted by movement of the moving adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan David Bell, James Edward Bowman, Shaun Richard Cronin, Robert Alan Hookman, Benjamin Joffe, Eric Johann Schacher, Robert Edward Wilcox
  • Precisely adjustable optical device having vibration and temperature stability
    Publication number: 20020075581
    Abstract: An adjustable optical device including an optical element, a housing having an adjusting post fixed thereto, the optical element mounted to the housing, the housing adjusting post having a plane of movement, and an adjustment mechanism, the housing flexibly connected to the adjustment mechanism, the adjustment mechanism comprising a moving adjusting member in sliding engagement with the housing adjusting post, one of the adjusting member and the housing adjusting post comprising a wedge. The housing adjusting post is urged into movement in its plane of movement in response to relative movement between the adjusting member and the adjusting post, whereby the orientation of the optical element relative to the adjusting mechanism is adjusted by movement of the moving adjusting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Alan David Bell, James Edward Bowman, Shaun Richard Cronin, Robert Alan Hookman, Benjamin Joffe, Eric Johann Schacher, Robert Edward Wilcox
  • Precisely adjustable optical device having vibration and temperature stability
    Patent number: 6384993
    Abstract: An adjustable optical device including an optical element, a housing having an adjusting post fixed thereto, the optical element mounted to the housing, the housing adjusting post having a plane of movement, and an adjustment mechanism, the housing flexibly connected to the adjustment mechanism, the adjustment mechanism comprising a moving adjusting member in sliding engagement with the housing adjusting post, one of the adjusting member and the housing adjusting post comprising a wedge. The housing adjusting post is urged into movement in its plane of movement in response to relative movement between the adjusting member and the adjusting post, whereby the orientation of the optical element relative to the adjusting mechanism is adjusted by movement of the moving adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan David Bell, James Edward Bowman, Benjamin Joffe