Patents by Inventor Ryan Luder

Ryan Luder 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).

  • Fluid-filled hollow optical fiber cell
    Patent number: 10534134
    Abstract: A fluid-filled hollow optical fiber cell broadly includes a hollow-core optical fiber and a fluid. The optical fiber presents first and second fiber ends and a longitudinal passageway that extends continuously between the fiber ends. The fluid occupies the passageway, with the fiber ends being closed to hermetically seal the fluid within the optical fiber. The first fiber end has a rounded closed shape formed by at least partly melting the first fiber end to form melted fiber material, with the fiber material being permitted to solidify without splicing the first fiber end to another fiber so that the fiber material terminates the passageway at the first fiber end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kristan L. Corwin, Chenchen Wang, Ryan Luder, Sajed Hosseini Zavareh, Brian Washburn
  • FLUID-FILLED HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBER CELL
    Publication number: 20190101698
    Abstract: A fluid-filled hollow optical fiber cell broadly includes a hollow-core optical fiber and a fluid. The optical fiber presents first and second fiber ends and a longitudinal passageway that extends continuously between the fiber ends. The fluid occupies the passageway, with the fiber ends being closed to hermetically seal the fluid within the optical fiber. The first fiber end has a rounded closed shape formed by at least partly melting the first fiber end to form melted fiber material, with the fiber material being permitted to solidify without splicing the first fiber end to another fiber so that the fiber material terminates the passageway at the first fiber end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kristan L. Corwin, Chenchen Wang, Ryan Luder, Sajed Hosseini Zavareh, Brian Washburn