Patents by Inventor Luis Kil

Luis Kil 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).

  • Apparatus and method for handling an optical signal
    Patent number: 7865054
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling an optical signal includes: an optical transmitting unit transmitting the optical signal from an input locus to an output locus. The optical transmitting unit includes a plurality of optical transmitting sections. Each respective optical transmitting section of the plurality of optical transmitting sections has a respective length and a respective attenuation gradient to establish a respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration. Each respective optical transmitting section effects attenuation of the optical signal according to its respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James D. Franklin, Luis Kil
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20100021184
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling an optical signal includes: an optical transmitting unit transmitting the optical signal from an input locus to an output locus. The optical transmitting unit includes a plurality of optical transmitting sections. Each respective optical transmitting section of the plurality of optical transmitting sections has a respective length and a respective attenuation gradient to establish a respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration. Each respective optical transmitting section effects attenuation of the optical signal according to its respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: James D. Franklin, Luis Kil