Patents by Inventor Terry E. Riener

Terry E. Riener 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).

  • High efficiency beam distribution with independent wavefront correction
    Patent number: 7280275
    Abstract: A beam distribution apparatus includes a stack of parallelogram prisms and beam-splitting coatings each located between opposing parallel faces of adjacent parallelogram prisms. The stack is mounted on an entrance face of a triangular prism. The triangular prism includes the entrance face, a reflective face, and an exit face. The reflective face has optical surfaces for shaping output beams from the stack and reflecting the output beams through the exit face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Clay Schluchter, Ron P. Bevis, John J. Bockman, Greg C. Felix, Terry E. Riener