Patents by Inventor Andrew T. H. Lin

Andrew T. H. Lin 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).

  • Method and system for securing and controlling an electro-statically driven micro-mirror
    Patent number: 6876124
    Abstract: An electrically actuated micro-mirror system is disclosed. The system has at least three supporting springs attached to a micro-mirror providing at least two rotational degrees of freedom thereof. At least two optional enhancement springs are fanned out from an associated supporting spring to secure the micro-mirror, and the micro-mirror is electro-statically actuated to rotate while the supporting springs and the enhancement springs operate primarily in a tensile mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Tera FiberOptics
    Inventors: Andrew T. H. Lin, Edward W-Y Shih, Richard Yeh