Patents by Inventor Derek Moran
Derek Moran 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).
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Patent number: 11892356Abstract: Test procedures and equipment for the test and calibration of ultra-small thermal imaging cores, or micro-cores are disclosed. Test fixtures for calibration and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores at a time may also be provided. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation, may also be provided as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Seek Thermal, Inc.Inventors: William J. Parrish, Derek Moran, Blake Henry
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Patent number: 11774293Abstract: An ultra-small thermal imaging core, or micro-core. The design of the micro-core may include substrates for mounting optics and electronic connectors that are thermally matched to the imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA). Test fixtures for test and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores may also be provided. Tooling may be included to position the optics to set the core focus, either by moving the lens and lens holder as one or by pushing and/or pulling the lens against a lens positioning element within the lens holder, while observing a scene. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation may also be included as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Seek Thermal, Inc.Inventors: William J. Parrish, Andreas Engberg, Jason Wolfe, Derek Moran, Blake Henry, Ross Williams, Russ Mead
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Publication number: 20230228526Abstract: A focus ring, similar in user feel to an optical scope focus ring, for an image sensor based weapon sight, wherein the ring is rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the weapon bore. The rotational position of the ring is sensed electronically and read by a weapon sight control processor, and the rotational position is used by the processor to set the digital zoom of a user accessible weapon sight electronic display. The weapon sight may be built in sections, including a stiff chassis section for the electronics and processor elements which includes the mounting to the weapon. The camera section which may include a combination of visible and/or thermal cameras, mounts to chassis and the chassis is enclosed by a floating housing that is compliantly mounted to the stiff chassis. The focus ring/rotational position sensor section mounts to the housing, thereby isolating the hard mounted weapon sight sections from parts of the sight handled by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Heath Lee, Derek Moran
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Publication number: 20220260424Abstract: An ultra-small thermal imaging core, or micro-core. The design of the micro-core may include substrates for mounting optics and electronic connectors that are thermally matched to the imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA). Test fixtures for test and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores may also be provided. Tooling may be included to position the optics to set the core focus, either by moving the lens and lens holder as one or by pushing and/or pulling the lens against a lens positioning element within the lens holder, while observing a scene. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation may also be included as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: William J. Parrish, Andreas Engberg, Jason Wolfe, Derek Moran, Blake Henry, Ross Williams, Russ Mead
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Patent number: 11353365Abstract: An ultra-small thermal imaging core, or micro-core. The design of the micro-core may include substrates for mounting optics and electronic connectors that are thermally matched to the imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA). Test fixtures for test and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores may also be provided. Tooling may be included to position the optics to set the core focus, either by moving the lens and lens holder as one or by pushing and/or pulling the lens against a lens positioning element within the lens holder, while observing a scene. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation may also be included as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Seek Thermal, Inc.Inventors: William J. Parrish, Andreas Engberg, Jason Wolfe, Derek Moran, Blake Henry, Ross Williams, Russ Mead
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Publication number: 20210063244Abstract: Test procedures and equipment for the test and calibration of ultra-small thermal imaging cores, or micro-cores are disclosed. Test fixtures for calibration and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores at a time may also be provided. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation, may also be provided as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: William J. Parrish, Derek Moran, Blake Henry
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Publication number: 20200217719Abstract: An ultra-small thermal imaging core, or micro-core. The design of the micro-core may include substrates for mounting optics and electronic connectors that are thermally matched to the imaging Focal Plane Array (FPA). Test fixtures for test and adjustment that allow for operation and image acquisition of multiple cores may also be provided. Tooling may be included to position the optics to set the core focus, either by moving the lens and lens holder as one or by pushing and/or pulling the lens against a lens positioning element within the lens holder, while observing a scene. Test procedures and fixtures that allow for full temperature calibration of each individual core, as well as providing data useful for uniformity correction during operation may also be included as part of the test and manufacture of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: William J. Parrish, Andreas Engberg, Jason Wolfe, Derek Moran, Blake Henry, Ross Williams, Russ Mead
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Patent number: 7914519Abstract: There is provided a connector for coupling to a guiding catheter including a housing defining a conduit communicating with the interior of the guiding catheter, the housing including first and second housing portions which are manually positionable in various relative mutual axial orientations, a selectably openable normally closed valve associated with the conduit for selectable sealing thereof, the selectably openable valve having an open state, a closed state and at least one partially open state realized by suitable relative mutual axial orientation of the first and second housing portions and permitting at least one elongate element to extend therethrough, even when the valve is, in the closed state, the selectably openable valve including a spring which urges the valve towards the closed state and an automatically engageable and manually disengageable valve state governing mechanism operative for automatically retaining the valve in, a state other than the closed state against the urging of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Elcam Medical Agricultural Cooperative Association, Ltd.Inventors: Derek Moran, Russell J. Redmond, Claude Vidal, David Zaks, Rosa C. Becker
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Publication number: 20070010796Abstract: There is provided a connector for coupling to a guiding catheter including a housing defining a conduit communicating with the interior of the guiding catheter, the housing including first and second housing portions which are manually positionable in various relative mutual axial orientations, a selectably openable normally closed valve associated with the conduit for selectable sealing thereof, the selectably openable valve having an open state, a closed state and at least one partially open state realized by suitable relative mutual axial orientation of the first and second housing portions and permitting at least one elongate element to extend therethrough, even when the valve is, in the closed state, the selectably openable valve including a spring which urges the valve towards the closed state and an automatically engageable and manually disengageable valve state governing mechanism operative for automatically retaining the valve in, a state other than the closed state against the urging of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Derek Moran, Russell Redmond, Claude Vidal, David Zaks, Rosa Becker