Patents by Inventor Thomas Ainsworth, Jr.

Thomas Ainsworth, Jr. 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).

  • Ornamental display using wind motion
    Patent number: 7090557
    Abstract: A mobile constructed from a single sheet of material having alternating cut lines and fold lines so that wind striking the mobile causes the intervening panels to undulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Ainsworth, Jr., Daniel T. Hefty
  • Lens system for scanning laser apparatus
    Patent number: 5401934
    Abstract: A lens system for a laser scanning apparatus which incorporates two transfer lenses in tandem. The transfer lenses include angular reflecting mirrors, correction lenses, and concave mirrors. The transfer lenses are located between the projection mask and the target of the scanning apparatus wherein the laser beam passed through the projection mask is reflected by an angularly disposed mirror through the first correction lens onto the first concave mirror where it is reflected back through the first correction lens and onto another angularly disposed mirror where the beam is sent to and back from the second concave mirror through the second correction lens and then onto the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Ainsworth, Jr., George Chiu, Rama N. Singh, Janusz S. Wilczynski