Patents by Inventor Eric M. Thomas

Eric M. Thomas 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).

  • Sequential color recapture light system
    Patent number: 6883937
    Abstract: A light integrator is mounted in a housing or cover that allows aligning the light integrator relative to a color wheel or other sequential color element. In some embodiments, a plate is attached to one end of a light rod and supports the light rod in the cover in a cantilever fashion or in combination with other support. The light rod is aligned to a light source, such as a lamp, and then the color wheel is aligned to the output of the light rod without altering the relationship between the light rod and the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
    Inventors: George B. Vastola, Donald L. Dunning, Eric M. Thomas, Brian Dresser
  • Sequential color recapture light system
    Publication number: 20040062043
    Abstract: A light integrator is mounted in a housing or cover that allows aligning the light integrator relative to a color wheel or other sequential color element. In some embodiments, a plate is attached to one end of a light rod and supports the light rod in the cover in a cantilever fashion or in combination with other support. The light rod is aligned to a light source, such as a lamp, and then the color wheel is aligned to the output of the light rod without altering the relationship between the light rod and the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc., a JDS Uniphase Company and a corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: George B. Vastola, Donald L. Dunning, Eric M. Thomas, Brian Dresser