Patents by Inventor Christopher John Kruger

Christopher John Kruger 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).

  • Diode-laser line-illuminating system
    Patent number: 6478452
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a semiconductor laser providing light-output in first and second mutually perpendicular axes. The light-output propagates in a direction mutually perpendicular to the first and second axes. An optical system is arranged cooperative with the semiconductor laser to focus the light-output inn the first and second axes at respectively first and second focal points spaced apart in the propagation direction. At a plane intersecting the first focal point perpendicular to the direction of propagation, the focussed diode-laser light-output is formed into a line of light having a width in the first axis and a length in the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Coherent, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew O. Richardson, Haiyin Sun, Christopher John Kruger