Patents by Inventor Stephen Richard Elliott

Stephen Richard Elliott 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).

  • Opto-mechanical device
    Patent number: 6392777
    Abstract: An opto-mechanical device is constituted by an optically responsive actuating member in which a mechanical strain occurs in response to changes in its illumination. The actuating member is preferably at least partly formed from a semiconducting glassy matrix such as a chalcogenide glass. Preferably the opto-mechanical device illuminates the actuating member with light which is preferably plane polarized. Preferably it also varies the polarization angle of the plane polarized light to cause a change in the strain generated in the actuating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Polight Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Elliott, Mark Edward Welland, Pavel Krecmer