Patents by Inventor Shane BOISCLAIR

Shane BOISCLAIR 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).

  • Virtual image phase array
    Patent number: 10162186
    Abstract: A virtual image phase array (VIPA) includes two parallel surfaces, a first highly-reflective surface with a highly-reflective coating, and a second partially-reflective surface. The first highly-reflective surface also requires an input zone with an anti-reflection coating, which abuts the highly-reflective coating, with a transition zone therebetween. Light enters the VIPA through the input zone, and reflects back and forth between the highly and partially reflective surfaces, gradually leaking out through the partially reflective surface. To minimize the transition zone and thereby minimize the input angle of incidence and maximize the number of reflections per unit of length, the substrate coated with the highly-reflective coating is subsequently polished at an acute angle resulting in the transition zone having the same sharp angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LightMachinery Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hunter, Ian J. Miller, Shane Boisclair, Edward S. Williams, Chris Wimperis, Vaz Zastera
  • VIRTUAL IMAGE PHASE ARRAY
    Publication number: 20150316764
    Abstract: A virtual image phase array (VIPA) includes two parallel surfaces, a first highly-reflective surface with a highly-reflective coating, and a second partially-reflective surface. The first highly-reflective surface also requires an input zone with an anti-reflection coating, which abuts the highly-reflective coating, with a transition zone therebetween. Light enters the VIPA through the input zone, and reflects back and forth between the highly and partially reflective surfaces, gradually leaking out through the partially reflective surface. To minimize the transition zone and thereby minimize the input angle of incidence and maximize the number of reflections per unit of length, the substrate coated with the highly-reflective coating is subsequently polished at an acute angle resulting in the transition zone having the same sharp angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: John H. Hunter, Ian J. MILLER, Shane BOISCLAIR, Edward S. WILLIAMS, Chris WIMPERIS, Vaz ZASTERA