Patents by Inventor Theodore Alexander Chilek

Theodore Alexander Chilek 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: 20140153880
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a device and method for bundling optical fibers. The device has a receiving channel with a cavity for receiving the optical fibers. A cover with a protrusion is configured to be inserted into the cavity for compression of the optical fibers. The receiving channel has at least one hole in the receiving channel or the cover configured to receive any excess adhesive resulting from the compression of the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Leland Fraser Rindge, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Patent number: 8422030
    Abstract: An intensity modulating element for a probe having a plurality of light emitters for phase-shift analysis and measurement is disclosed. The intensity modulating element comprises a plurality of columns of a plurality of grating elements formed by two opposing patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clark Alexander Bendall, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Publication number: 20130027527
    Abstract: Embodiments of an inspection system deploy active cooling to dissipate heat in a portable handset. In one embodiment, the inspection system comprise a visual inspection apparatus with a handle portion and a head portion coupled to the handle portion. The head portion can have a display and a circuit board coupled to the display and a heat sink in thermal connection with the circuit board. To facilitate active cooling, the apparatus may include an air moving device in flow connection with the heat sink, where the air moving device comprises a motor and an impeller and where the motor and the circuit board are sealed from the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Lynn Scott, Clark Alexander Bendall, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Publication number: 20110205552
    Abstract: An intensity modulating element for a probe having a plurality of light emitters for phase-shift analysis and measurement is disclosed. The intensity modulating element comprises a plurality of columns of a plurality of grating elements formed by two opposing patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clark Alexander Bendall, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Publication number: 20110149413
    Abstract: A system for providing a two-position zoom-focus capability in a video inspection device comprising, in one embodiment, a focus lens cell and primary aperture attached to a set of fixed rails and connected to a zoom lens cell. In one embodiment, the focus lens cell is moveable into a first position along the rails through activation of a proximally located lens movement mechanism, and moveable into a second position through relaxation of a tensioned focus spring. In one embodiment, movement of the focus lens cell between first and second focus positions causes movement of the zoom lens cell and a secondary aperture between corresponding first and second zoom and aperture positions to provide unmagnified and magnified images of a target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Joshua Lynn SCOTT, Clark Alexander Bendall, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Patent number: 7961401
    Abstract: A system for providing a two-position zoom-focus capability in a video inspection device comprising, in one embodiment, a focus lens cell and primary aperture attached to a set of fixed rails and connected to a zoom lens cell. In one embodiment, the focus lens cell is moveable into a first position along the rails through activation of a proximally located lens movement mechanism, and moveable into a second position through relaxation of a tensioned focus spring. In one embodiment, movement of the focus lens cell between first and second focus positions causes movement of the zoom lens cell and a secondary aperture between corresponding first and second zoom and aperture positions to provide unmagnified and magnified images of a target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: GE Inspection Technologies, LP
    Inventors: Joshua Lynn Scott, Clark Alexander Bendall, Theodore Alexander Chilek
  • Patent number: D727179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Stancato, Gerard Frederick Beckhusen, Theodore Alexander Chilek, Joshua Paul David DeRosa, Charles William Fish, III, Richard Monroe
  • Patent number: D727756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Stancato, Gerard Frederick Beckhusen, Theodore Alexander Chilek, Joshua Paul David DeRosa