Patents by Inventor Hugh S. RUNYAN

Hugh S. RUNYAN 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).

  • Alignment mechanism for photoelastic modulators
    Patent number: 8797660
    Abstract: A mechanism and method for precisely arranging two or more optical elements, such as those incorporated into photoelastic modulators (PEMs), at a specific angular orientation. The method includes supporting one optical element in an annular mounting member that has an optic axis, and supporting other optical elements in other annular mounting members that have optic axes, and concentrically stacking together the two or more mounting members about a central axis in a manner such that one mounting member may be rotated relative to the others about the central axis and such that the optic axes of the mounting members define an optics angle, and rotating one mounting member relative to the others to define the specific angular orientation of the optical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hinds Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Mansfield, Hugh S. Runyan, Jacob A. Wolf
  • Alignment Mechanism for Photoelastic Modulators
    Publication number: 20140204451
    Abstract: A mechanism and method for precisely arranging two or more optical elements, such as those incorporated into photoelastic modulators (PEMs), at a specific angular orientation. The method includes supporting one optical element in an annular mounting member that has an optic axis, and supporting other optical elements in other annular mounting members that have optic axes, and concentrically stacking together the two or more mounting members about a central axis in a manner such that one mounting member may be rotated relative to the others about the central axis and such that the optic axes of the mounting members define an optics angle, and rotating one mounting member relative to the others to define the specific angular orientation of the optical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: James C. MANSFIELD, Hugh S. RUNYAN, Jacob A. WOLF