Patents by Inventor Michael M. DiGiantommaso

Michael M. DiGiantommaso 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).

  • Sealed beam coupler for an isolated environment
    Patent number: 7794159
    Abstract: A beam coupler assembly for a fiber laser is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing having a sidewall with an interior surface, an exterior surface, a first end and a second end. A first seal extending from the interior surface of the tubular housing and dividing the housing into a first section and a second section is also provided. The first section and second section are environmentally isolated from one another. However, the first seal is substantially optically neutral. An input collimator unit received within the first end of the sidewall of the housing and into the first section and is releasably coupled thereto. An output collimator unit received within the second end of the sidewall of the housing and into the second section and is also releasably coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Yuri Grapov, William D. Jones, Michael M. DiGiantommaso
  • SEALED BEAM COUPLER FOR AN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100166366
    Abstract: A beam coupler assembly for a fiber laser is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing having a sidewall with an interior surface, an exterior surface, a first end and a second end. A first seal extending from the interior surface of the tubular housing and dividing the housing into a first section and a second section is also provided. The first section and second section are environmentally isolated from one another. However, the first seal is substantially optically neutral. An input collimator unit received within the first end of the sidewall of the housing and into the first section and is releasably coupled thereto. An output collimator unit received within the second end of the sidewall of the housing and into the second section and is also releasably coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Yuri Grapov, William D. Jones, Michael M. Digiantommaso