Patents by Inventor Malcolm W. Wright

Malcolm W. Wright 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a multibeam beacon laser assembly for optical communications
    Patent number: 6922430
    Abstract: An optical beacon is comprised of a telescope having a primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane, a plurality of fiber coupled laser sources for generating a plurality of beams, a collimator for collimating the plurality of beams, and optics for combining and focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary or Coudé focal plane of the telescope. The telescope propagates the optical beacon, which is arranged into a ring of incoherent plurality of collimated beams. The apparatus further comprises fiber splitters coupled to each laser source to provide at least eight beams from at least four laser sources. The optics comprises a prism assembly, a combiner lens, a focusing lens and a field lens for focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane of the telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Abhijit Biswas, Babak Sanji, Malcolm W. Wright, Norman Alan Page
  • Method and apparatus for a multibeam beacon laser assembly for optical communications
    Publication number: 20030147142
    Abstract: An optical beacon is comprised of a telescope having a primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane, a plurality of fiber coupled laser sources for generating a plurality of beams, a collimator for collimating the plurality of beams, and optics for combining and focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary or Coudé focal plane of the telescope. The telescope propagates the optical beacon, which is arranged into a ring of incoherent plurality of collimated beams. The apparatus further comprises fiber splitters coupled to each laser source to provide at least eight beams from at least four laser sources. The optics comprises a prism assembly, a combiner lens, a focusing lens and a field lens for focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane of the telescope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Abhijit Biswas, Babak Sanii, Malcolm W. Wright, Norman Alan Page