Patents by Inventor Joseph N. Forkey

Joseph N. Forkey 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 with lens positioning and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7385772
    Abstract: Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent an intermediate peripheral surface. This configuration locks the optical element axially in the support and produces a positive rigid retaining structure for each optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Precision Optics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Forkey, William P. Barnes, Robert N. Ross, Joseph N. Forkey
  • Optical device with lens positioning and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20040242965
    Abstract: Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent an intermediate peripheral surface. This configuration locks the optical element axially in the support and produces a positive rigid retaining structure for each optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Richard E. Forkey, William P. Barnes, Robert N. Ross, Joseph N. Forkey