Patents by Inventor Gerard A. Beauchesne

Gerard A. Beauchesne 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).

  • WIRE MANAGEMENT ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170089495
    Abstract: A wire management article includes a base sheet and a plurality of wire management elements. The base sheet has a major surface from which the wire management elements project. The wire management elements define a plurality of channels. Each channel is configured to retain at least one wire. The wire management article may include a cover sheet releasably attached to the base sheet. The wire management article may be part of a wire management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Gerard A. Beauchesne, David F. Slama
  • Wire management article
    Patent number: 9551439
    Abstract: A wire management article includes a base sheet and a plurality of wire management elements. The base sheet has a major surface from which the wire management elements project. The wire management elements define a plurality of channels. Each channel is configured to retain at least one wire. The wire management article may include a cover sheet releasably attached to the base sheet. The wire management article may be part of a wire management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Gerard A. Beauchesne, David F. Slama
  • WIRE MANAGEMENT ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120006947
    Abstract: A wire management article includes a base sheet and a plurality of wire management elements. The base sheet has a major surface from which the wire management elements project. The wire management elements define a plurality of channels. Each channel is configured to retain at least one wire. The wire management article may include a cover sheet releasably attached to the base sheet. The wire management article may be part of a wire management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Gerard A. Beauchesne, David F. Slama
  • Wide-bandwidth chirped fiber bragg gratings with low delay ripple amplitude
    Publication number: 20020164121
    Abstract: A device including a chirped Bragg grating, said grating having (a) a reflection bandwidth having a full-width at half maximum that is greater than 6 nm, and (b) a reflection delay ripple amplitude of less than ±50 ps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James F. Brennan, Edward Hernandez, John A. Valenti, Pranay G. Sinha, Michael R. Matthews, Dale E. Elder, Gerard A. Beauchesne, Chad H. Byrd
  • Method for fabrication of in-line optical waveguide index grating of any length
    Patent number: 5912999
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for writing apodized Bragg gratings into an optical fiber. The method includes the steps of providing a photosensitive optical fiber and a writing beam. A periodic intensity distribution of period .LAMBDA. is created from the writing beam and the optical fiber is translated relative to the intensity distribution at a velocity v(t). The intensity of the writing beam is modulated as a function of time at a frequency f(t), where ##EQU1## The intensity of the writing beam is varied further to control the envelope of the refractive index profile to write apodized gratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James F. Brennan, III, Dwayne LaBrake, Gerard A. Beauchesne, Ronald P. Pepin