Patents by Inventor Christopher Dunay

Christopher Dunay 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).

  • Non-mechanical beam steering tracking system
    Patent number: 9897892
    Abstract: A non-mechanical optical beam steering device includes one or more polarization gratings (PG) coupled to one or more Steerable Electro-Evanescent Optical Refractors (SEEOR). It provides the coarse steering advantage of the PG and also the continuous fine steering advantage of the SEEOR. The result is far less complexity, size, weight, and cost over the alternative non-mechanical beam steering approaches as well as considerably less complexity, size, weight, cost, scanning-time, and mechanical breakdown over the more traditional gimbaled mirrors commonly used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason Auxier, Christopher Dunay, Myron R. Pauli
  • NON-MECHANICAL BEAM STEERING TRACKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150378242
    Abstract: A non-mechanical optical beam steering device includes one or more polarization gratings (PG) coupled to one or more Steerable Electro-Evanescent Optical Refractors (SEEOR). It provides the coarse steering advantage of the PG and also the continuous fine steering advantage of the SEEOR. The result is far less complexity, size, weight, and cost over the alternative non-mechanical beam steering approaches as well as considerably less complexity, size, weight, cost, scanning-time, and mechanical breakdown over the more traditional gimbaled mirrors commonly used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jason Auxier, Christopher Dunay, Myron R. Pauli