Patents by Inventor Maria E. Simon
Maria E. Simon 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).
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Publication number: 20170040014Abstract: An acoustic noise attenuator is disclosed comprising a movable body, an energy storage element and an electrical energy dissipater. The movable body is configured to oscillate when a mechanical disturbance caused by a sound wave, such as acoustic noise, is incident thereon. The oscillation of the movable body induces an alternating electrical energy in the energy storage element. The electrical energy dissipater dissipates the induced electrical energy in the form of heat. An acoustic noise attenuator assembly and a metamaterial structure comprising such acoustic noise attenuators are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Maria E. Simon, Todd R. Salamon, Young-Kai Chen
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Publication number: 20130292105Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a heat sink system. The heat sink system may include: a first heat sink segment including a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet having an outlet flow path; and a second heat sink segment including a second fluid inlet having an inlet flow path and a second fluid outlet. The second heat sink segment may be arranged in a placement position within the heat sink system so that the second fluid inlet receives fluid from substantially other sources than the first outlet flow path. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a heat sink segment. The heat sink segment may include: a base plate; a plurality of vertical fins; a horizontal wall; a first fluid opening; and a second fluid opening. The first fluid opening may face a different direction than the second fluid opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Todd Salamon, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 8542489Abstract: An apparatus comprising a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon. The apparatus also comprises a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler. Each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Susanne Arney, Jen-Hau Cheng, Paul R. Kolodner, Krishna-Murty Kota-Venkata, William Scofield, Todd R. Salamon, Maria E. Simon
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Publication number: 20120281359Abstract: An apparatus comprising a rack having a row of shelves, each shelf supporting an electronics circuit board, each one of the circuit boards being manually removable from the shelve supporting the one of the circuit boards and having a local heat source thereon. The apparatus also comprises a cooler attached to the rack and being able to circulate a cooling fluid around a channel forming a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of heat conduits, each heat conduit being located over a corresponding one of the circuit boards and forming a path to transport heat from the local heat source of the corresponding one of the circuit boards to the cooler. Each heat conduit is configured to be manually detachable from the cooler or the circuit board, without breaking a circulation pathway of the fluid through the cooler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Alcatel-LucentInventors: Susanne Arney, Jen-Hau Cheng, Paul R. Kolodner, Krishna-Murty Kota-Venkata, William Scofield, Todd R. Salamon, Maria E. Simon
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Publication number: 20120279683Abstract: An apparatus comprising a rack having one or more shelves, a plurality of electronics circuit boards and heat conduits and a cooler. Each board is held by one of the one or more shelves, some of the boards having a localized heat source thereon. Each heat conduit forms a heat conducting path over and adjacent to a particular one of the boards from a region adjacent to the heat source thereon to a connection zone, the zone being remote from the heat source. The cooler is located on a side of the rack and coupled to the zones such that heat is transferable from the paths to the cooler. The cooler is configured to flow a cooling fluid therein to cool localized thermal interfaces at the cooler, each interface being adjacent to and at a corresponding one of the zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Susanne Arney, Jen-Hau Cheng, John Daly, Domhnaill Hernon, Marc S. Hodes, Christian Joncourt, Paul R. Kolodner, Krishna-Murty Kota-Venkata, Alan Lyons, Todd R. Salamon, William Scofield, Maria E. Simon, Oliver Taheny
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Patent number: 8102584Abstract: An apparatus includes a reconfigurable spatial light modulator capable of spatially modulating an incident wavefront responsive to an image formed on the modulator. A light source is configured to direct a coherent illumination light beam towards the modulator such that the modulator produces a modulated outgoing light beam therefrom. A filter is configured to spatially filter a light pattern formed by the outgoing light beam on a plane to selectively transmit light from a plurality of diffraction peaks therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Cristian A. Bolle, Christopher D. W. Jones, Roland Ryf, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 8018316Abstract: A method comprising forming a structural element 115 on a surface 620 of a layer 510 via an electroless plating of nickel or cobalt 130 onto the surface, the layer being rigidly fixed to an underlying substrate 110. The method also comprises etching away a portion of the layer such that a part of the structural element is able to move with respect to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon, Brijesh Vyas, Chen Xu
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Publication number: 20110215068Abstract: A method comprising forming a structural element 115 on a surface 620 of a layer 510 via an electroless plating of nickel or cobalt 130 onto the surface, the layer being rigidly fixed to an underlying substrate 110. The method also comprises etching away a portion of the layer such that a part of the structural element is able to move with respect to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon, Brijesh Vyas, Chen Xu
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Publication number: 20090009848Abstract: An apparatus includes a reconfigurable spatial light modulator capable of spatially modulating an incident wavefront responsive to an image formed on the modulator. A light source is configured to direct a coherent illumination light beam towards the modulator such that the modulator produces a modulated outgoing light beam therefrom. A filter is configured to spatially filter a light pattern formed by the outgoing light beam on a plane to selectively transmit light from a plurality of diffraction peaks therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Cristian A. Bolle, Christopher D.W. Jones, Roland Ryf, Maria E. Simon
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Publication number: 20080278029Abstract: A method comprising forming a structural element 115 on a surface 620 of a layer 510 via an electroless plating of nickel or cobalt 130 onto the surface, the layer being rigidly fixed to an underlying substrate 110. The method also comprises etching away a portion of the layer such that a part of the structural element is able to move with respect to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon, Brijesh Vyas, Chen Xu
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Patent number: 7253616Abstract: An apparatus comprising a substrate and a MEM device. The MEM includes a comb capacitor and a magnetic element physically connected to one electrode of the comb capacitor. The magnetic element is capable of moving the one electrode in a manner that alters a capacitance of the comb capacitor. The apparatus also includes at least one spring physically connecting the magnetic element to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Christian A. Bolle, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 7206117Abstract: An apparatus having a plurality of arrayed MEMS devices, each device having a parallel-plate actuator and a reflective plate, both of which are mechanically coupled to a flexible beam attached between two anchors. Advantageously, the use of parallel-plate actuators in the apparatus alleviates stringent requirements for the alignment of lithographic masks employed in the fabrication process. In one embodiment, each flexible beam has a relatively small thickness and a relatively large length to effect a relatively large displacement range for the corresponding reflective plate. Movable electrodes of different parallel-plate actuators are configured to act as an electrical shield for the flexible beams, which reduces inter-device crosstalk in the apparatus. Reflective plates of different MEMS devices form a segmented mirror, which is suitable for adaptive-optics and/or maskless lithography applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Cristian A. Bolle, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 6998758Abstract: A MEMS device having a deformable mirror. In a representative embodiment, the MEMS device includes a deformable membrane supporting a plurality of light-reflecting segments that form the deformable mirror. One or more actuators, at least one of which is configured to apply torque to a side of the membrane, are used to deform the membrane. Membrane deformation causes the segments to change orientation and thereby change the shape of the minor. A representative MEMS device of the invention enables segment displacements in two directions and thereby realizes effective mirror curvature values in the range from about ?2 mm?1 to about +2 mm?1.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Omar D. Lopez, Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 6993219Abstract: A waveguide/MEMS switch adapted to redirect optical signals between output ports based on a phase shift change generated by motion of one or more movable MEMS mirrors incorporated therein. Advantageously, such a switch has a relatively high switching speed and low power consumption. A switch according to one embodiment of the invention includes a planar waveguide device and a planar MEMS device. The MEMS device implements in-plane (i.e., parallel to the plane of that device) translation of the mirrors. As a result, in certain embodiments of the switch, the waveguide and MEMS devices are connected into a compact planar assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Ho Bun Chan, Dan Fuchs, Dennis S. Greywall, Maria E. Simon
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Publication number: 20040245888Abstract: A MEMS device having a deformable mirror. In a representative embodiment, the MEMS device includes a deformable membrane supporting a plurality of light-reflecting segments that form the deformable mirror. One or more actuators, at least one of which is configured to apply torque to a side of the membrane, are used to deform the membrane. Membrane deformation causes the segments to change orientation and thereby change the shape of the minor. A representative MEMS device of the invention enables segment displacements in two directions and thereby realizes effective mirror curvature values in the range from about −2 mm−1 to about +2 mm−1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Omar D. Lopez, Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon
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Publication number: 20040179773Abstract: A waveguide/MEMS switch adapted to redirect optical signals between output ports based on a phase shift change generated by motion of one or more movable MEMS mirrors incorporated therein. Advantageously, such a switch has a relatively high switching speed and low power consumption. A switch according to one embodiment of the invention includes a planar waveguide device and a planar MEMS device. The MEMS device implements in-plane (i.e., parallel to the plane of that device) translation of the mirrors. As a result, in certain embodiments of the switch, the waveguide and MEMS devices are connected into a compact planar assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Ho Bun Chan, Dan Fuchs, Dennis S. Greywall, Maria E. Simon
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Patent number: 6781744Abstract: A MEMS device having a movable mirror and a movable actuator plate mechanically coupled together such that a relatively small displacement of the plate results in mirror rotation by a relatively large angle. In a representative embodiment, the mirror and actuator plate are supported on a substrate. The actuator plate moves in response to a voltage difference applied between the plate and an electrode located on the substrate beneath that plate. One or more springs attached to the plate provide a counteracting restoring force when they are stretched from their rest positions by the plate motion. A spring attached between the actuator plate and the mirror transfers the motion of the actuator plate to the mirror such that, when the actuator plate moves toward the substrate, the mirror moves away from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Omar D. Lopez, Flavio Pardo, Maria E. Simon