Patents by Inventor John E. Bobeck

John E. Bobeck 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).

  • Receiver element for adjusting the focus of an imaging laser
    Patent number: 6881526
    Abstract: A process for adjusting the energy of an imaging laser for imaging of a thermally imageable element including the steps of: (a) providing an imaging unit having a non-imaging laser and an imaging laser, the non-imaging laser having a light detector which is in communication with the imaging laser, (b) contacting a receiver element with the thermally imageable element in the imaging unit, wherein the receiver element comprises a light attenuating layer having a front surface and a back surface; (c) actuating the non-imaging laser to expose the thermally imageable element and the receiver element to an amount of light energy sufficient for the light detector to detect the amount of light reflected from the thermally imageable element and light attenuating layer of the receiver element; and (d) actuating the imaging laser to focus the imaging laser in order to expose the thermally imageable element to an amount of light energy sufficient for imaging the thermally imageable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: John E. Bobeck, Richard Albert Coveleskie, Jeffrey Jude Patricia, Alan Lee Shobert, Harvey Walter Taylor, Jr., Harry Richard Zwicker
  • Receiver element for adjusting the focus of an imaging laser
    Publication number: 20040048175
    Abstract: A process for adjusting the energy of an imaging laser for imaging of a thermally imageable element including the steps of: (a) providing an imaging unit having a non-imaging laser and an imaging laser, the non-imaging laser having a light detector which is in communication with the imaging laser, (b) contacting a receiver element with the thermally imageable element in the imaging unit, wherein the receiver element comprises a light attenuating layer having a front surface and a back surface; (c) actuating the non-imaging laser to expose the thermally imageable element and the receiver element to an amount of light energy sufficient for the light detector to detect the amount of light reflected from the thermally imageable element and light attenuating layer of the receiver element; and (d) actuating the imaging laser to focus the imaging laser in order to expose the thermally imageable element to an amount of light energy sufficient for imaging the thermally imageable element
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: John E. Bobeck, Richard Albert Coveleskie, Jeffrey Jude Patricia, Alan Lee Shobert, Harvey Walter Taylor, Jr, Harry Richard Zwicker