Patents by Inventor ANDREW JAMES COMLEY

ANDREW JAMES COMLEY 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).

  • Publication number: 20230152491
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for rapid focus control of one or more lasers. The controlled beam, is refracted by the dynamic refraction device whose refractive index is set by its response to the control beam. The invention can be used for rapid focus and re-focus of a laser on a target as might be useful in such industries as flat panel television manufacturing, fuel injector nozzle manufacture, laser material processing/machining, laser scanning and indirect drive inertial confinement fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventor: ANDREW JAMES COMLEY
  • Patent number: 11585961
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for rapid focus control of one or more lasers. The controlled beam (5), is refracted by the dynamic refraction device (1) whose refractive index is set by its response to the control beam (3). The invention can be used for rapid focus and re-focus of a laser on a target as might be useful in such industries as flat panel television manufacturing, fuel injector nozzle manufacture, laser material processing/machining, laser scanning and indirect drive inertial confinement fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventor: Andrew James Comley
  • Publication number: 20200038995
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for rapid focus control of one or more lasers. The controlled beam (5), is refracted by the dynamic refraction device (1) whose refractive index is set by its response to the control beam (3). The invention can be used for rapid focus and re-focus of a laser on a target as might be useful in such industries as flat panel television manufacturing, fuel injector nozzle manufacture, laser material processing/machining, laser scanning and indirect drive inertial confinement fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
    Inventor: ANDREW JAMES COMLEY