Patents by Inventor Kostas Zafiriou

Kostas Zafiriou 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).

  • Mounting arrangement for optical systems
    Patent number: 11692816
    Abstract: An optical system can include an optical arrangement supported by an optical chassis. A flexure arrangement can support the optical chassis relative to a separate structure to maintain a calibrated distance between optical components of the optical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: COGNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Goodale, Kostas Zafiriou, Jens Petersen
  • MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200056883
    Abstract: An optical system can include an optical arrangement supported by an optical chassis. A flexure arrangement can support the optical chassis relative to a separate structure to maintain a calibrated distance between optical components of the optical arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Goodale, Kostas Zafiriou, Jens Peterson
  • Apparatus and method providing a hand-held spectrometer
    Patent number: 7791027
    Abstract: According to one aspect, an IR spectrometer includes a light source adapted to illuminate a sample, a grating adapted to spectrally disperse a light that has illuminated the sample, a MEMS array adapted to be electrostatically actuated by a controller to control a diffraction of the light, a detector configured to detect the light, and a power source adapted to supply power to the light source and to the MEMS array, wherein the controller is adapted to control the MEMS array so as to manage a power consumption of the IR spectrometer. In one embodiment, the IR spectrometer includes a housing sized and arranged to house the light source, the grating, the MEMS array, the controller, the detector, to and the power source in a hand-held device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Ahura Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham McAllister, Malcolm Smith, Kostas Zafiriou, David Day, Michael Butler
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD PROVIDING A HAND-HELD SPECTROMETER
    Publication number: 20100078564
    Abstract: According to one aspect, an IR spectrometer includes a light source adapted to illuminate a sample, a grating adapted to spectrally disperse a light that has illuminated the sample, a MEMS array adapted to be electrostatically actuated by a controller to control a diffraction of the light, a detector configured to detect the light, and a power source adapted to supply power to the light source and to the MEMS array, wherein the controller is adapted to control the MEMS array so as to manage a power consumption of the IR spectrometer. In one embodiment, the IR spectrometer includes a housing sized and arranged to house the light source, the grating, the MEMS array, the controller, the detector, to and the power source in a hand-held device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: POLYCHROMIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abraham McAllister, Malcolm Smith, Kostas Zafiriou, David Day, Michael Butler