Patents by Inventor Kendrick H. Light

Kendrick H. Light 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).

  • Laser welding control system
    Patent number: 7107118
    Abstract: A fully integrated automated laser weld process control system (LWPCS) and method of controlling the fabrication of structural parts, particularly for shipbuilding and other industries. The LWPCS defines joint and weld quality attributes as process control variables and integrates these weld quality variables, along with the more traditional process parameters such as laser power, wire feed, GMAW voltage and active seam tracking, into a closed-loop monitoring and control system. The LWPCS includes a central processor and a plurality of subsystems that control laser beam positioning, vision-based monitoring and image processing, active weld-quality monitoring and inspection, adaptive beam delivery, and seam tracking. Cross-communication between subsystems is managed by the central processor. In addition to process control, the system extracts weld quality attributes during the weld process and provides immediate documentation of the weld quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Applied Thermal Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Nelson J. Orozco, Paul A. Blomquist, Kendrick H. Light, Robert B. Rudy, Steven R. Webber
  • Laser welding control system
    Publication number: 20040249495
    Abstract: A fully integrated automated laser weld process control system (LWPCS) and method of controlling the fabrication of structural parts, particularly for shipbuilding and other industries. The LWPCS defines joint and weld quality attributes as process control variables and integrates these weld quality variables, along with the more traditional process parameters such as laser power, wire feed, GMAW voltage and active seam tracking, into a closed-loop monitoring and control system. The LWPCS includes a central processor and a plurality of subsystems that control laser beam positioning, vision-based monitoring and image processing, active weld-quality monitoring and inspection, adaptive beam delivery, and seam tracking. Cross-communication between subsystems is managed by the central processor. In addition to process control, the system extracts weld quality attributes during the weld process and provides immediate documentation of the weld quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Nelson J. Orozco, Paul A. Blomquist, Kendrick H. Light, Robert B. Rudy, Steven R. Webber
  • Method of forming bonded storage disks with low power light assembly
    Patent number: 6500297
    Abstract: A system and method cure a resin disposed between a combination of a top substrate and a bottom substrate with low power. One of the top and bottom substrates includes metallized data pits. Resin-curing light is directed at sides of the data pits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: STEAG HamaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Paulus, Kendrick H. Light, Scott R. Parent, Donald G. Parent, Arthur R. LeBlanc, III, Elango Ramanathan, Aziz Calcuttawala, Richard W. Stowe
  • System and method for thermally manipulating a combination of a top and bottom substrate before a curing operation
    Patent number: 6355129
    Abstract: A system and method cures a combination of a top and a bottom substrate with a resin disposed in-between. A cure device inherently warps the combination in one direction as a result of a curing operation that the cure device performs on the combination. A temperature gradient inducing device is disposed closer to one of the top and bottom substrates to create a temperature gradient between the top and bottom substrate and thereby warp the combination in a direction opposite to the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: STEAG HamaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Paulus, Kendrick H. Light, Scott R. Parent, Donald G. Parent, Elangovan Ramanatham
  • System for forming bonded storage disks with low power light assembly
    Patent number: 6352612
    Abstract: A system and method cure a resin disposed between a combination of a top substrate and a bottom substrate with low power. One of the top and bottom substrates includes metallized data pits. Resin-curing light is directed at sides of the data pits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: STEAG HamaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Paulus, Kendrick H. Light, Scott R. Parent, Donald G. Parent, Arthur R. LeBlanc, III, Elango Ramanathan, Aziz Calcuttawala, Richard W. Stowe
  • System and method for thermally manipulating a combination of a top and bottom substrate before a curing operation
    Patent number: 6103039
    Abstract: A system and method cures a combination of a top and a bottom substrate with a resin disposed in-between. A cure device inherently warps the combination in one direction as a result of a curing operation that the cure device performs on the combination. A temperature gradient inducing device is disposed closer to one of the top and bottom substrates to create a temperature gradient between the top and bottom substrate and thereby warp the combination in a direction opposite to the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: First Light Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Paulus, Kendrick H. Light, Scott R. Parent, Donald G. Parent, Elangovan Ramanatham