Patents by Inventor Ronald S. Eppert

Ronald S. Eppert 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).

  • Apparatus for delivering smoothed light from an uneven source
    Patent number: 6504984
    Abstract: A light blender is described wherein light from a high intensity source such as a metal halide bulb can be conveyed through a flexible optical fiber cable for projection onto a remotely located site without uneven segments to uniformly illuminate the remote site. The optical light blender is of sufficient length so as to enable light from the light source to reach the end of the light blender with a large number of reflections from the wall of the light blender and thus produce blended light for uniform illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: US Sign and Fabrication Ccorporation
    Inventors: Mark Lucas Wakeman, Ronald S. Eppert