Patents by Inventor Michael John Talmadge

Michael John Talmadge 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).

  • FREE SPACE FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160087726
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus of establishing a free-space communication link through a medium. The medium can be an occluded environment with increased absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal at a wavelength suitable for transmission through the medium without suffering excessive optical losses due to absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a receiver configured to receive the transmitted optical signal. The transmitter-receiver pair is configured to efficiently transmit optical signals at the suitable wavelength over a distance between about 1 mm and about 50 m. The transmitter and the receiver can be configured as portions of a fiber-optic connector assembly that can be used to connect two fiber-optic cables in an occluded environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Edward Roberds, Timothy Clyde Collins, Jayant Kumar Gupta, Jaclyn Marie Nascimento, Gregory Joseph Pietrangelo, Michael John Talmadge, Nathan Verner Whittenton, Thomas Karl Berger, Christopher Ryan Collins, Tristan Dennis Jones
  • Free space fiber-optic connector
    Patent number: 9236942
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus of establishing a free-space communication link through a medium. The medium can be an occluded environment with increased absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal at a wavelength suitable for transmission through the medium without suffering excessive optical losses due to absorption and/or scattering effects. The free-space communication link includes a receiver configured to receive the transmitted optical signal. The transmitter-receiver pair is configured to efficiently transmit optical signals at the suitable wavelength over a distance between about 1 mm and about 50 m. The transmitter and the receiver can be configured as portions of a fiber-optic connector assembly that can be used to connect two fiber-optic cables in an occluded environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Edward Roberds, Timothy Clyde Collins, Jayant Kumar Gupta, Jaclyn Marie Nascimento, Gregory Joseph Pietrangelo, Michael John Talmadge, Nathan Verner Whittenton, Thomas Karl Berger, Christopher Ryan Collins, Tristan Dennis Jones