Patents by Inventor Doug Childers

Doug Childers 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: 11828682
    Abstract: A liquid chromatography flow cell including an integrated light source and an integrated detection chamber. The integrated light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein each LED emits light of a specific wavelength. The light emitted from the integrated light source is directed to pass through a sample in a flow chamber of the flow cell without any optical conditioning, and the light not absorbed by the sample flows out of the flow chamber directly into the integrated detection chamber, where an intensity of the unabsorbed light is measured by detectors coupled to the integrated chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Eliason, Patrick Kain, John Christopher Freitag, Doug Childers, Jay Pasquantonio
  • Publication number: 20230114938
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for ultra-violet curing, and in particular, for ultra-violet curing of optical fiber surface coatings. In one example, a curing device includes a first elliptic cylindrical reflector, with a second elliptic cylindrical reflector housed within the first elliptic cylindrical reflector. The first elliptic cylindrical reflector and second elliptic cylindrical reflector have a co-located focus, and a workpiece to be cured by the curing device may be arranged at the co-located focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 11554581
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a frame of an optic element of a lighting system. In one example, a baffle frame including extended exterior sidewalls and inner angled walls extending below a bottom surface of the optic element may reduce light reflecting off a workpiece and escaping outside and interior of the baffle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 11548190
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for ultra-violet curing, and in particular, for ultra-violet curing of optical fiber surface coatings. In one example, a curing device includes a first elliptic cylindrical reflector, with a second elliptic cylindrical reflector housed within the first elliptic cylindrical reflector. The first elliptic cylindrical reflector and second elliptic cylindrical reflector have a co-located focus, and a workpiece to be cured by the curing device may be arranged at the co-located focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 11529646
    Abstract: A curing device comprises a first elliptic cylindrical reflector and a second elliptic cylindrical reflector, the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and the second elliptic cylindrical reflector arranged to have a co-located focus, and a light source located at a second focus of the first elliptic cylindrical reflector, wherein light emitted from the light source is reflected to the co-located focus from the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and retro-reflected to the co-located focus from the second elliptic cylindrical reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Publication number: 20220184858
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for ultra-violet curing, and in particular, for ultra-violet curing of optical fiber surface coatings. In one example, a curing device includes a first elliptic cylindrical reflector, with a second elliptic cylindrical reflector housed within the first elliptic cylindrical reflector. The first elliptic cylindrical reflector and second elliptic cylindrical reflector have a co-located focus, and a workpiece to be cured by the curing device may be arranged at the co-located focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Publication number: 20220034855
    Abstract: A liquid chromatography flow cell including an integrated light source and an integrated detection chamber. The integrated light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein each LED emits light of a specific wavelength. The light emitted from the integrated light source is directed to pass through a sample in a flow chamber of the flow cell without any optical conditioning, and the light not absorbed by the sample flows out of the flow chamber directly into the integrated detection chamber, where an intensity of the unabsorbed light is measured by detectors coupled to the integrated chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Garth Eliason, Patrick Kain, John Christopher Freitag, Doug Childers, Jay Pasquantonio
  • Patent number: 11169126
    Abstract: A liquid chromatography flow cell including an integrated light source and an integrated detection chamber. The integrated light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein each LED emits light of a specific wavelength. The light emitted from the integrated light source is directed to pass through a sample in a flow chamber of the flow cell without any optical conditioning, and the light not absorbed by the sample flows out of the flow chamber directly into the integrated detection chamber, where an intensity of the unabsorbed light is measured by detectors coupled to the integrated chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Eliason, Patrick Kain, John Christopher Freitag, Doug Childers, Jay Pasquantonio
  • Publication number: 20200009859
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a frame of an optic element of a lighting system. In one example, a baffle frame including extended exterior sidewalls and inner angled walls extending below a bottom surface of the optic element may reduce light reflecting off a workpiece and escaping outside and interior of the baffle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10479073
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a frame of an optic element of a lighting system. In one example, a baffle frame including extended exterior sidewalls and inner angled walls extending below a bottom surface of the optic element may reduce light reflecting off a workpiece and escaping outside and interior of the baffle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10464844
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a fiber curing system is disclosed. In one example, transmittance of a curing tube is determined so that curing of a coating applied to a fiber may be more uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Publication number: 20190262860
    Abstract: A curing device comprises a first elliptic cylindrical reflector and a second elliptic cylindrical reflector, the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and the second elliptic cylindrical reflector arranged to have a co-located focus, and a light source located at a second focus of the first elliptic cylindrical reflector, wherein light emitted from the light source is reflected to the co-located focus from the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and retro-reflected to the co-located focus from the second elliptic cylindrical reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10393578
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and operating one or more light emitting devices is disclosed. In one example, light intensity within a dual elliptical reflecting chamber is sensed and operation of a fiber curing system is adjusted in response to an amount of sensed light energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10328457
    Abstract: A curing device comprises a first elliptic cylindrical reflector and a second elliptic cylindrical reflector, the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and the second elliptic cylindrical reflector arranged to have a co-located focus, and a light source located at a second focus of the first elliptic cylindrical reflector, wherein light emitted from the light source is reflected to the co-located focus from the first elliptic cylindrical reflector and retro-reflected to the co-located focus from the second elliptic cylindrical reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10175103
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and operating one or more light emitting devices is disclosed. In one example, light intensity within a dual elliptical reflecting chamber is sensed and operation of a fiber curing system is adjusted in response to an amount of sensed light energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Publication number: 20180306641
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and operating one or more light emitting devices is disclosed. In one example, light intensity within a dual elliptical reflecting chamber is sensed and operation of a fiber curing system is adjusted in response to an amount of sensed light energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Patent number: 10091852
    Abstract: A method may comprise: supplying light energy from a light emitting device principally along a first axis; sensing the light energy with a light sensing device oriented along a second axis, wherein the second axis is oriented substantially orthogonally to the first axis; and adjusting the light energy in response to the sensed light energy. In this way, an amount of retro-reflected light incident at the light sensing device may be reduced, measurement error of the light sensing device may be reduced, and control precision and reliability of the lighting system for curing a work piece can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Eliason, Doug Childers, Gary McKenzie
  • Patent number: 10076005
    Abstract: A lighting device may comprise a light emitting element and a reflector, the reflector comprising: a first opening surrounding the light emitting element and a second opening; reflector side walls forming the first and second openings, the reflector side walls divergently extending from the first opening away from the light emitting element to the second opening; and corner facets, wherein each corner facet is positioned over a corresponding reflector corner formed by an adjacent pair of reflector side walls at the first opening. In this way, a photosensitive work piece may be uniformly irradiated while mitigating under-curing and over-curing, and while reducing a coupling optics size and a distance between the light emitting elements and the work piece, thereby decreasing cure times and lowering manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers
  • Publication number: 20180238845
    Abstract: A liquid chromatography flow cell including an integrated light source and an integrated detection chamber. The integrated light source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein each LED emits light of a specific wavelength. The light emitted from the integrated light source is directed to pass through a sample in a flow chamber of the flow cell without any optical conditioning, and the light not absorbed by the sample flows out of the flow chamber directly into the integrated detection chamber, where an intensity of the unabsorbed light is measured by detectors coupled to the integrated chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Garth Eliason, Patrick Kain, John Christopher Freitag, Doug Childers, Jay Pasquantonio
  • Patent number: 10024518
    Abstract: A light source may comprise a cylindrical lens, for example a cylindrical Fresnel lens, a linear array of light-emitting elements, the linear array aligned with and emitting light through the cylindrical Fresnel lens, wherein the cylindrical Fresnel lens reduces the angular spread of light in a widthwise axis of the linear array, the linear array spanning a lens length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Childers