Patents by Inventor Daniel W. Callen

Daniel W. Callen 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: 6612719
    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: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Coherent, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew O. Richardson, Haiyin Sun, Christopher J. Kruger, Daniel W. Callen
  • Publication number: 20020196562
    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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew O. Richardson, Haiyin Sun, Christopher J. Kruger, Daniel W. Callen