Patents by Inventor Michael E. Couture

Michael E. Couture 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: 7283307
    Abstract: An optical device comprises a dichroic beamsplitter for splitting an object beam into a reflected beam having a first waveband and a transmitted beam having a second waveband; an astigmatism-correcting lens element, disposed in the optical path of the transmitted beam; and a coma-correcting lens element, disposed in the optical path of the transmitted beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: OASYS Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Couture, Vadim Plotsker
  • Patent number: 5953155
    Abstract: An optical system having a selected one of a pair of fields of view. The optical system includes a primary reflector; a secondary reflector; a refractive optical system; and a drive. The drive orients the secondary reflector to a first region in optical alignment with the primary reflector to provide the optical system with one of the pair of fields of view and for reorienting the secondary reflector to a second region out of optical alignment with the primary reflector and orienting the refractive optical system at the first region to provide a refractive optical system with a second one of the pair of fields of view. The optical system includes a detector and a second refractive optical system disposed between the first region and the detector. The detector comprises an array of detector elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Eckel, Jr., Michael E. Couture