Patents by Inventor Michael J. Tatarek

Michael J. Tatarek 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).

  • Filter array with reduced stray focused light
    Patent number: 10488568
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising an optical filter array including an array of optical filter elements; wherein each optical filter element has opposing mutually parallel principal faces connected by sidewalls including at least one pair of opposing trapezoidal sidewalls and at least one pair of opposing sidewalls that are not mutually parallel; and wherein the opposing mutually parallel principal faces of the filter elements collectively define optical entrance and exit apertures of the optical filter array and include interference filters. Further disclosed is a method of illuminating such a filter array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Materion Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Downing, Michael J. Tatarek
  • FILTER ARRAY WITH REDUCED STRAY FOCUSED LIGHT
    Publication number: 20190265397
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising an optical filter array including an array of optical filter elements; wherein each optical filter element has opposing mutually parallel principal faces connected by sidewalls including at least one pair of opposing trapezoidal sidewalls and at least one pair of opposing sidewalls that are not mutually parallel; and wherein the opposing mutually parallel principal faces of the filter elements collectively define optical entrance and exit apertures of the optical filter array and include interference filters. Further disclosed is a method of illuminating such a filter array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin R. Downing, Michael J. Tatarek
  • Filter array with reduced stray focused light
    Patent number: 10330835
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising an optical filter array including an array of optical filter elements; wherein each optical filter element has opposing mutually parallel principal faces connected by sidewalls including at least one pair of opposing trapezoidal sidewalls and at least one pair of opposing sidewalls that are not mutually parallel; and wherein the opposing mutually parallel principal faces of the filter elements collectively define optical entrance and exit apertures of the optical filter array and include interference filters. Further disclosed is a method of illuminating such a filter array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin R. Downing, Michael J. Tatarek
  • FILTER ARRAY WITH REDUCED STRAY FOCUSED LIGHT
    Publication number: 20170123121
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising an optical filter array including an array of optical filter elements; wherein each optical filter element has opposing mutually parallel principal faces connected by sidewalls including at least one pair of opposing trapezoidal sidewalls and at least one pair of opposing sidewalls that are not mutually parallel; and wherein the opposing mutually parallel principal faces of the filter elements collectively define optical entrance and exit apertures of the optical filter array and include interference filters. Further disclosed is a method of illuminating such a filter array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin R. Downing, Michael J. Tatarek