Patents by Inventor Gerald Michael Heiling

Gerald Michael Heiling 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).

  • Straight-line optical scanner using rotating holograms
    Patent number: 4094576
    Abstract: A flat disk contains a number of holograms made from the interference of a plane wavefront with spherical wavefront modified by a first cylindrical lens. The disk is rotated so that a plane reconstruction wavefront sweeps across the holograms. The resulting reconstructed wavefront is passed through a second cylindrical lens, resulting in a focussed point sweeping across an object surface in one or more substantially straight lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald Michael Heiling