Patents by Inventor Kylan Hoener

Kylan Hoener 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).

  • Patent number: 10761276
    Abstract: A cross-cylinder objective assembly includes a fast axis objective (FAO) situated along an optical axis for focusing an incident laser beam along a fast axis, a slow axis objective (SAO) situated along the optical axis for focusing the incident laser beam along a slow axis, and a lens cell having fast and slow axis objective receiving portions for registering the FAO and SAO at a predetermined spacing along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: David Martin Hemenway, Aaron Brown, David C. Dawson, Kylan Hoener, Shelly Lin, Wolfram Urbanek
  • Patent number: 10732357
    Abstract: A fiber termination assembly includes an optical fiber inserted into an optical ferrule disposed in an optical passageway of a heat conductive housing, the optical passageway providing an optical path aligned with the openings of the housing, the optical ferrule including a central bore concentrically disposed about the optical path and configured to receive a portion of a proximal end of the optical fiber therein, the optical ferrule and optical fiber secured in relation to the heat conductive housing with epoxy at a distal end of the optical ferrule, wherein the optical ferrule is transparent at a predetermined wavelength of light such that for light coupled into an input surface of the proximal end of the optical fiber at least a portion of the light propagating as cladding modes is stripped out of the optical fiber and transported to and dissipated in the heat conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Kylan Hoener, David C. Dawson, Kevin A. Shea, R. Kirk Price
  • Publication number: 20160334588
    Abstract: A cross-cylinder objective assembly includes a fast axis objective (FAO) situated along an optical axis for focusing an incident laser beam along a fast axis, a slow axis objective (SAO) situated along the optical axis for focusing the incident laser beam along a slow axis, and a lens cell having fast and slow axis objective receiving portions for registering the FAO and SAO at a predetermined spacing along the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: David Martin Hemenway, Aaron Brown, David C. Dawson, Kylan Hoener, Shelly Lin, Wolfram Urbanek
  • Publication number: 20160178849
    Abstract: A fiber termination assembly includes an optical fiber inserted into an optical ferrule disposed in an optical passageway of a heat conductive housing, the optical passageway providing an optical path aligned with the openings of the housing, the optical ferrule including a central bore concentrically disposed about the optical path and configured to receive a portion of a proximal end of the optical fiber therein, the optical ferrule and optical fiber secured in relation to the heat conductive housing with epoxy at a distal end of the optical ferrule, wherein the optical ferrule is transparent at a predetermined wavelength of light such that for light coupled into an input surface of the proximal end of the optical fiber at least a portion of the light propagating as cladding modes is stripped out of the optical fiber and transported to and dissipated in the heat conductive housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: nLIGHT Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Kylan Hoener, David C. Dawson, Kevin A. Shea, R. Kirk Price
  • Patent number: 9195006
    Abstract: A fiber termination assembly includes an optical fiber inserted into an optical ferrule disposed in an optical passageway of a heat conductive housing, the optical passageway providing an optical path aligned with the openings of the housing, the optical ferrule including a central bore concentrically disposed about the optical path and configured to receive a portion of a proximal end of the optical fiber therein, the optical ferrule and optical fiber secured in relation to the heat conductive housing with epoxy at a distal end of the optical ferrule, wherein the optical ferrule is transparent at a predetermined wavelength of light such that for light coupled into an input surface of the proximal end of the optical fiber at least a portion of the light propagating as cladding modes is stripped out of the optical fiber and transported to and dissipated in the heat conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: nLIGHT Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Kylan Hoener, David Dawson, Kevin Shea, R. Kirk Price
  • Patent number: 8834039
    Abstract: An adhesive void mitigating fiber ferrule optical connector includes a housing for an optical fiber, the housing including opposite front and rear openings and an elongate bore providing an interior surface and extending between the opposite front and rear openings for insertably receiving the optical fiber from the rear opening through the front opening, the housing also including a front adhesive fill-port in communication with the elongate bore nearer the front opening for providing adhesive substantially void-free in the elongate bore and for surroundably securing the optical fiber extending therein to the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: nLIGHT Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Kylan Hoener, Aaron Brown, Walter R. Sanders, Richard Knight