Patents by Inventor Kieran H. Harney

Kieran H. Harney 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).

  • Hermetic seals for large optical packages and the like
    Patent number: 6639313
    Abstract: A MEMS product, particularly an optical MEMS product, and seal therefor. A housing member forms a cavity; a MEMS device is disposed in the cavity; a cap member (which may be an optical window) is dimensioned and configured to substantially cover the cavity; and a sealing member is sealingly attached to and between the housing member and the cap member. The sealing member may have a first attachment portion operatively attached by a first hermetic seal to the housing member and a second attachment portion operatively attached to the cap member by a second hermetic seal and the sealing member is impermeable to gas flow, whereby the cavity is hermetically sealed from ambient atmosphere external to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Martin, Kieran H. Harney