Patents by Inventor Michael P. Nettekoven

Michael P. Nettekoven 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).

  • Side light apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6914679
    Abstract: An apparatus for directing uniform intensity light onto a surface where the light is provided at an acute angle with respect to the surface including a light source that generates initial light rays that are essentially perpendicular to the surface and a guidance member positioned between the source and the surface which receives the initial rays and redirects the rays such that redirected rays are parallel and form acute angles with respect to the surface, the source and guidance member juxtaposed with respect to the surface so that the redirected rays subtend the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Cognex Technology and Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Nettekoven, Darin Cerny
  • Side light apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20030112439
    Abstract: An apparatus for directing uniform intensity light onto a surface where the light is provided at an acute angle with respect to the surface including a light source that generates initial light rays that are essentially perpendicular to the surface and a guidance member positioned between the source and the surface which receives the initial rays and redirects the rays such that redirected rays are parallel and form acute angles with respect to the surface, the source and guidance member juxtaposed with respect to the surface so that the redirected rays subtend the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Michael P. Nettekoven, Darin G. Cerny