Patents by Inventor Nicolas Odille

Nicolas Odille 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).

  • Optical device with protected thin optical films
    Patent number: 6504661
    Abstract: Optical devices using thin optical films to adapt the characteristics of a light radiation. An optical device includes an optical structure and thin optical films interposed in the path of a light radiation that gets propagated towards the optical structure. The optical films are placed in an enclosed space having dimensions that are greater than the dimensions of the optical films so that the latter are maintained by a float mounting that allows each of them freedom of movement. The device prevents mechanical strains created by differential thermal expansion. Such optical devices may find particular application to liquid crystal display screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF Sextant
    Inventors: Nicolas Odille, François Lopez, Yves Chevallier, Christophe Venencie