Patents by Inventor Jim Beattie

Jim Beattie 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).

  • Automotive automatic transmission noise attenuators
    Patent number: 7373824
    Abstract: An apparatus for attenuation of fluid pressure pulses in a hydraulic system of an automatic transmission is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a wave tuner is disposed within a fluid conduit between the transmission and a transmission fluid cooler. In another embodiment of the invention, a stand pipe is teed into the conduit with an open end of the stand pipe communicating with the conduit and an opposite closed end reflecting pressure pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Coupled Products LLC
    Inventors: Clifford Krieger, Steve Wozniak, Jim Beatty
  • Automotive automatic transmission noise attenuators
    Publication number: 20060243335
    Abstract: An apparatus for attenuation of fluid pressure pulses in a hydraulic system of an automatic transmission is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a wave tuner is disposed within a fluid conduit between the transmission and a transmission fluid cooler. In another embodiment of the invention, a stand pipe is teed into the conduit with an open end of the stand pipe communicating with the conduit and an opposite closed end reflecting pressure pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Clifford Krieger, Steve Wozniak, Jim Beatty
  • Thermally stable mounting for a diffraction grating device
    Patent number: 6741408
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) including a support structure that is coupled to at least one optical component. A diffraction grating is optically coupled to at least one optical component coupled to the at least one optical component. A frame is coupled to the diffraction grating. Pins may be coupled between the support structure and the frame to substantially thermally isolate the support structure from the frame. The pins may be substantially geometrically equally spaced and have approximately the same exposed length extending from the lens barrel. The pins may have the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Confluent Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Jim Beattie, Ian Turner, Ninghui Zhu
  • THERMALLY STABLE MOUNTING FOR A DIFFRACTION GRATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20020181128
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) including a support structure that is coupled to at least one optical component. A diffraction grating is optically coupled to at least one optical component coupled to the at least one optical component. A frame is coupled to the diffraction grating. Pins may be coupled between the support structure and the frame to substantially thermally isolate the support structure from the frame. The pins may be substantially geometrically equally spaced and have approximately the same exposed length extending from the lens barrel. The pins may have the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Jim Beattie, Ian Turner, Ninghui Zhu