Patents by Inventor Peter A. Power

Peter A. Power 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).

  • Publication number: 20120206792
    Abstract: Tunable light sources having a single optical parametric generation (OPG) source that results in an amplified, narrow bandwidth seed beam and methods of tuning therewith are disclosed. The tunable light source may include a polarization rotator to rotate a pump beam before a first pass through an OPG, and a linear-to-circular polarization device to polarize the pump beam directed back toward the OPG for a second pass therethrough. Alternately, the tunable light source may include an OPG source through which a pump beam passes only in the first direction, a separator that separates a signal beam from the pump beam exiting from the OPG, a narrowband wavelength filter that receives the signal beam and generate a seed beam, and a reflecting surface that directs the seed beam back through the OPG (opposite the first direction) to seed the back part of the pulse of the pulse laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
    Inventor: Peter Powers
  • Patent number: 5116204
    Abstract: A display device comprises an elongate member which is formed of two identical moldings and rotatably mounted on two nylon bearings, each of which is secured to a post. One molding is oriented in a first direction and a second molding is oriented in a second opposite direction and the two moldings are engageable in the longitudinal direction. A male rim section of one molding engages in a female rim section of the second molding. Each side of the female rim section has a plurality of supporting lugs which support the male rim section of the other molding when engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Inventors: Peter A. Power, Adrian P. Power, Julian M. Power, David Conlon