Patents by Inventor Kenneth Fahy

Kenneth Fahy 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).

  • Self-cleaning optical system
    Patent number: 9291818
    Abstract: A self-cleaning optical system for the transmission or reflection of light to and/or from a process region comprises a liquid bath and a transparent or reflective optical component continuously rotatable about a non-vertical axis so that a lower part of the component continuously rotates through the bath. When the component emerges from the bath, a coating of the liquid remains thereon which forms a substantially uniform film on at least a part of the component through which the light is transmitted or from which the light is reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin
    Inventors: Fergal O'Reilly, Kenneth Fahy, Paul Sheridan
  • SELF-CLEANING OPTICAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150138636
    Abstract: A self-cleaning optical system for the transmission or reflection of light to and/or from a process region comprises a liquid bath and a transparent or reflective optical component continuously rotatable about a non-vertical axis so that a lower part of the component continuously rotates through the bath. When the component emerges from the bath, a coating of the liquid remains thereon which forms a substantially uniform film on at least a part of the component through which the light is transmitted or from which the light is reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Fergal O'Reilly, Kenneth Fahy, Paul Sheridan
  • WETTING A SURFACE OF A SOLID SUBSTRATE WITH A LIQUID METAL
    Publication number: 20110039039
    Abstract: A method of wetting a surface of a solid substrate with a liquid metal, comprises activating said surface with a high energy beam; and introducing the liquid metal to the surface while in the active state, the temperature of the surface being above the melting point of the liquid metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
    Inventors: Fergal O'reilly, Kenneth Fahy