Patents by Inventor Bradford Bartholomew Behr

Bradford Bartholomew Behr 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).

  • Hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter
    Patent number: 10690545
    Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TORNADO SPECTRAL SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
  • HYBRID IMAGE-PUPIL OPTICAL REFORMATTER
    Publication number: 20190219444
    Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
  • Hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter
    Patent number: 10281325
    Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TORNADO SPECTRAL SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko
  • HYBRID IMAGE-PUPIL OPTICAL REFORMATTER
    Publication number: 20160209269
    Abstract: A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Brandon Joseph Desroches, Bradford Bartholomew Behr, Jeffrey Thomas Meade, Yusuf Bismilla, Andrew T. Cenko