Patents by Inventor Matthew E. South

Matthew E. South 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).

  • Precision opto-mechanical low profile quasi-kinematic mirror adjuster screw assembly and method for component integration
    Patent number: 9766427
    Abstract: A mirror assembly is disclosed. The mirror assembly includes a housing and a mirror that are movable with respect to one another. The mirror assembly includes a plurality of primary adjustment mechanisms. Each primary adjustment mechanism includes a conical washer, a hollow adjuster screw comprising external threads configured to threadedly engage the housing, a wave spring fitting over said hollow adjuster screw, a jam nut seated atop said wave spring, and a spherical head screw configured to threadedly engage the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Barney, Bruce E. Chisholm, Matthew E. South
  • Line of sight precision machining
    Patent number: 8117726
    Abstract: A method of assembling an optical device and an optical device manufactured by placing in a housing an optical element comprising one or more interface datums, aligning the optical element to a reference feature to determine an amount of finish machining of the one or more interface datums needed, and finish machining the one or more interface datums according to the results of the aligning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew E. South, Jan de Nijs, Gary S. Walls