Patents by Inventor Bodo Tilly

Bodo Tilly 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).

  • Patent number: 5013111
    Abstract: A laser diode in the form of a chip with a heat sink connected to an electronic control circuit, is positioned in front of a light conductor for emitting light into the light conductor. The light conductor (103), such as a fiber (101) of a glass fiber cable (102), passes through a hole in the wall of a housing (100) for the electronic control circuit. The light conductor end is precisely adjusted in the Z-direction of an X-Y-Z-coordinate system, and rigidly held in the adjusted position in a bore or slot (17a) of a mounting block (17). The laser diode (10) with its chip (11) and its heat sink (12) are held in a roughly adjusted position in a milled recess (17c) of the mounting block (17) relative to the tip of the light conductor by a compression leaf spring (14) which permits an adjustment of the laser diode with its chip and heat sink in the X- and Y-direction for a precise adjustment. A displacement gripper tongue mechanism is then used for a precise position adjustment in the X- and Y-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Bodo Tilly, Robert Rieger
  • Patent number: 4995694
    Abstract: A fiber-optical beam splitting device is disclosed which has a prismatically constructed front face and is used for the coupling-in and coupling-out of light into or from an optical fiber from or into different directions fo the environment of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Rieger, Bodo Tilly