Patents by Inventor Michael Jason Kratoska

Michael Jason Kratoska 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: 10240742
    Abstract: A lighting and signaling device having a lamp assembly is shown. The lamp assembly comprises a housing for supporting a head lamp and a primary light source for generating a primary light beam. The lamp assembly also includes a lens having at least one or a plurality of couplers coupled to or integrally formed in the lens. The at least one or plurality of couplers contributes light received from an at least one or a plurality of light sources to improve the light distribution pattern, such as a visibility angle of the primary light beam, which could be, for example, a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Jason Kratoska
  • Publication number: 20180031197
    Abstract: A lighting and signaling device having a lamp assembly is shown. The lamp assembly comprises a housing for supporting a head lamp and a primary light source for generating a primary light beam. The lamp assembly also includes a lens having at least one or a plurality of couplers coupled to or integrally formed in the lens. The at least one or plurality of couplers contributes light received from an at least one or a plurality of light sources to improve the light distribution pattern, such as a visibility angle of the primary light beam, which could be, for example, a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Jason Kratoska
  • Patent number: 8085484
    Abstract: Attachments for adjusting optical properties of image forming optical systems. An example refocus flip optic adaptor for a night vision goggle may include an adaptor housing for detachably mounting to an objective lens assembly of the night vision goggle and an optical element holder pivotably mounted to the adaptor housing such that a refocus lens (or other optical element) mounted to the optical element holder is selectively positionable in an operative position in which the refocus lens is axially aligned with the objective lens of the night vision goggle and an inoperative position in which the refocus lens and the optical element holder do not affect an image viewable through the night vision goggle. In some example embodiments, the optical element viewing diameter may be substantially the same as objective lens viewing diameter. Example optical elements may affect optical properties such as objective lens focus, optical filtering, and magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sensor Technology Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Heitkamp, Eugene Franklin Horn, Michael Jason Kratoska, Jonathan Schoen Willson
  • Publication number: 20110157713
    Abstract: Attachments for adjusting optical properties of image forming optical systems. An example refocus flip optic adaptor for a night vision goggle may include an adaptor housing for detachably mounting to an objective lens assembly of the night vision goggle and an optical element holder pivotably mounted to the adaptor housing such that a refocus lens (or other optical element) mounted to the optical element holder is selectively positionable in an operative position in which the refocus lens is axially aligned with the objective lens of the night vision goggle and an inoperative position in which the refocus lens and the optical element holder do not affect an image viewable through the night vision goggle. In some example embodiments, the optical element viewing diameter may be substantially the same as objective lens viewing diameter. Example optical elements may affect optical properties such as objective lens focus, optical filtering, and magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Heitkamp, Eugene Franklin Horn, Michael Jason Kratoska, Jonathan Schoen Willson