Patents by Inventor Glenroy Weimar

Glenroy Weimar 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).

  • Optical device having an elastomeric waveguide switch body and related methods
    Patent number: 8559774
    Abstract: An optical device may include a substrate and an optical waveguide carried by the substrate and having a notch therein defining a feed optical waveguide and a longitudinal optical waveguide section on opposite longitudinal sides of the notch. The optical device may also include a transverse optical waveguide section carried by the substrate and transversely aligned with the feed optical waveguide adjacent the notch. The optical device may further include an elastomeric waveguide switch body configured to be moved between a first position within the notch and operative to switch light from the feed optical waveguide to the longitudinal optical waveguide section, and a second position removed from the notch and operative to switch light from the optical waveguide to the transverse optical waveguide section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Wayne Shacklette, Glenroy Weimar, Michael Raymond Weatherspoon
  • OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING AN ELASTOMERIC WAVEGUIDE SWITCH BODY AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120251043
    Abstract: An optical device may include a substrate and an optical waveguide carried by the substrate and having a notch therein defining a feed optical waveguide and a longitudinal optical waveguide section on opposite longitudinal sides of the notch. The optical device may also include a transverse optical waveguide section carried by the substrate and transversely aligned with the feed optical waveguide adjacent the notch. The optical device may further include an elastomeric waveguide switch body configured to be moved between a first position within the notch and operative to switch light from the feed optical waveguide to the longitudinal optical waveguide section, and a second position removed from the notch and operative to switch light from the optical waveguide to the transverse optical waveguide section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Wayne Shacklette, Glenroy Weimar, Michael Raymond Weatherspoon