Patents by Inventor Terry D. Born

Terry D. Born 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).

  • Patent number: 7990612
    Abstract: A hand-held telescope or binocular built into a bottle or consumable drink container includes a high quality objective lens; an adjustable focus eye lens; and, optionally, a connector ring to form a binocular; a jacket, sleeve or cuzzi containing information regarding, for example, sporting or scientific events; a baffle to minimize extraneous light from disturbing observational clarity; and a holographic bottle label that portrays sporting or scientific figures in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: HNU Photonics
    Inventors: Richard A. Puga, Daniel G. O'Connell, Terry D. Born
  • Publication number: 20080204867
    Abstract: A hand-held telescope or binocular built into a bottle or consumable drink container includes a high quality objective lens; an adjustable focus eye lens; and, optionally, a connector ring to form a binocular; a jacket, sleeve or cuzzi containing information regarding, for example, sporting or scientific events; a baffle to minimize extraneous light from disturbing observational clarity; and a holographic bottle label that portrays sporting or scientific figures in three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Richard A. Puga, Daniel G. O'Connell, Terry D. Born
  • Patent number: 5776256
    Abstract: A optical surface is mounted on a mirror rotating system having a carousel therein having gears which rotates said optical surface in a circular path while the optical surface itself rotates about an axis. The radius between the mirror support and the planetary gear is adjustable. The system is mounted on support legs within the vacuum chamber so that the optical surface can face downward when the apparatus is placed in a bell jar (or any such environment which provides a vacuum). A source of vaporized substance is placed under the apparatus, so that the optical surface, facing downward, is facing said source. This arrangement allows for an improvement in the uniformity of the substance deposited on the optical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Terry D. Born, Daniel O'Connell