Patents by Inventor Steve Short

Steve Short 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: 20240068162
    Abstract: A pressure screen for use in a fiber web product process (10) has an inlet zone (12), a basket having an accept zone (14) and a reject zone (20). The pressure screen (10) has a housing (28) inside which a rotor (27) is located. The reject zone (20) of the pressure screen (10) has a cover (22) forming a rejects chamber (21) for the reject zone (20). The cover (22) of the rejects chamber (21) of the screen (10) is removable by a reopenable attachment means (25, 29) attached to the housing (28) of the screen (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Enzor, Bryson Hepler, Robert Short
  • Patent number: 9645093
    Abstract: An inspection system with selectable apodization includes a selectably configurable apodization device disposed along an optical pathway of an optical system. The apodization device includes one or more apodization elements operatively coupled to one or more actuation stages. The one or more actuation stages are configured to selectably actuate the one or more apodization elements along one or more directions. The inspection system includes a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more actuation stages. The control system is configured to selectably control an actuation state of at the one or more apodization elements so as to apply a selected apodization profile formed with the one or more apodization elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie M. Sullivan, Gary Janik, Steve Cui, Rex Runyon, Dieter Wilk, Steve Short, Mikhail Haurylau, Qiang Q. Zhang, Grace Hsiu-Ling Chen, Robert M. Danen, Suwipin Martono, Shobhit Verma, Wenjian Cai, Meier Brender
  • Publication number: 20160054232
    Abstract: An inspection system with selectable apodization includes a selectably configurable apodization device disposed along an optical pathway of an optical system. The apodization device includes one or more apodization elements operatively coupled to one or more actuation stages. The one or more actuation stages are configured to selectably actuate the one or more apodization elements along one or more directions. The inspection system includes a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more actuation stages. The control system is configured to selectably control an actuation state of at the one or more apodization elements so as to apply a selected apodization profile formed with the one or more apodization elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jamie M. Sullivan, Gary Janik, Steve Cui, Rex Runyon, Dieter Wilk, Steve Short, Mikhail Haurylau, Qiang Q. Zhang, Grace Hsiu-Ling Chen, Robert M. Danen, Suwipin Martono, Shobhit Verma, Wenjian Cai, Meier Brender
  • Patent number: 9176069
    Abstract: An inspection system with selectable apodization includes an illumination source configured to illuminate a surface of a sample, a detector configured to detect at least a portion of light emanating from the surface of the sample, the illumination source and the detector being optically coupled via an optical pathway of an optical system, a selectably configurable apodization device disposed along the optical pathway, wherein the apodization device includes one or more apodization elements operatively coupled to one or more actuation stages configured to selectably actuate the one or more apodization elements along one or more directions, and a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more actuation and configured to selectably control apodization of illumination transmitted along the optical pathway by controlling an actuation state of the one or more apodization elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie M. Sullivan, Gary Janik, Steve Cui, Rex Runyon, Dieter Wilk, Steve Short, Mikhail Haurylau, Qiang Q. Zhang, Grace Hsiu-Ling Chen, Robert M. Danen, Suwipin Martono, Shobhit Verma, Wenjian Cai, Meier Brender