Patents by Inventor Titus WHITEHEAD

Titus WHITEHEAD 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: 11474313
    Abstract: An optical fiber heat exchanger includes an outer body and an inner body inserted into the outer body. The inner body includes a plurality of guide walls to guide a cooling liquid through the optical fiber heat exchanger to exchange heat from an optical fiber inserted in the optical fiber heat exchanger, a first set of parallel straight channels, extending along an inlet portion of the inner body, formed by a first subset of the plurality of guide walls, a set of U-shaped channels, extending through a transition section of the inner body, formed by a second subset of the plurality of guide walls, and a second set of parallel straight channels, extending along an outlet portion of the inner body, formed by a third subset of the plurality of guide walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yiduo Zhang, Gilberto Madrid, Titus Whitehead, Martin H. Muendel
  • Patent number: 11237338
    Abstract: An optical device may comprise an optical element holder that holds an optical element in an internal portion of the optical element holder, wherein the optical element holder includes a protruding feature with a contact portion that holds the optical element in the internal portion of the optical element holder. The optical device may additionally comprise the optical element, wherein an edge of the optical element includes a chamfered portion that contacts the contact portion of the protruding feature of the optical element holder to allow the protruding feature of the optical element holder to hold the optical element in the internal portion of the optical element holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yiduo Zhang, Bryan Paolini, Michael Lovelady, Titus Whitehead, Gilberto Madrid
  • Publication number: 20210208349
    Abstract: An optical fiber heat exchanger includes an outer body and an inner body inserted into the outer body. The inner body includes a plurality of guide walls to guide a cooling liquid through the optical fiber heat exchanger to exchange heat from an optical fiber inserted in the optical fiber heat exchanger, a first set of parallel straight channels, extending along an inlet portion of the inner body, formed by a first subset of the plurality of guide walls, a set of U-shaped channels, extending through a transition section of the inner body, formed by a second subset of the plurality of guide walls, and a second set of parallel straight channels, extending along an outlet portion of the inner body, formed by a third subset of the plurality of guide walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Yiduo ZHANG, Gilberto MADRID, Titus WHITEHEAD, Martin H. MUENDEL
  • Publication number: 20210199896
    Abstract: An optical device may comprise an optical element holder that holds an optical element in an internal portion of the optical element holder, wherein the optical element holder includes a protruding feature with a contact portion that holds the optical element in the internal portion of the optical element holder. The optical device may additionally comprise the optical element, wherein an edge of the optical element includes a chamfered portion that contacts the contact portion of the protruding feature of the optical element holder to allow the protruding feature of the optical element holder to hold the optical element in the internal portion of the optical element holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yiduo ZHANG, Bryan PAOLINI, Michael LOVELADY, Titus WHITEHEAD, Gilberto MADRID
  • Patent number: 10962727
    Abstract: An optical fiber heat exchanger includes an outer body and an inner body inserted into the outer body. The inner body includes a plurality of guide walls to guide a cooling liquid through the optical fiber heat exchanger to exchange heat from an optical fiber inserted in the optical fiber heat exchanger, a first set of parallel straight channels, extending along an inlet portion of the inner body, formed by a first subset of the plurality of guide walls, a set of U-shaped channels, extending through a transition section of the inner body, formed by a second subset of the plurality of guide walls, and a second set of parallel straight channels, extending along an outlet portion of the inner body, formed by a third subset of the plurality of guide walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yiduo Zhang, Gilberto Madrid, Titus Whitehead, Martin H. Muendel
  • Publication number: 20200326493
    Abstract: An optical fiber heat exchanger includes an outer body and an inner body inserted into the outer body. The inner body includes a plurality of guide walls to guide a cooling liquid through the optical fiber heat exchanger to exchange heat from an optical fiber inserted in the optical fiber heat exchanger, a first set of parallel straight channels, extending along an inlet portion of the inner body, formed by a first subset of the plurality of guide walls, a set of U-shaped channels, extending through a transition section of the inner body, formed by a second subset of the plurality of guide walls, and a second set of parallel straight channels, extending along an outlet portion of the inner body, formed by a third subset of the plurality of guide walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Yiduo ZHANG, Gilberto MADRID, Titus WHITEHEAD, Martin H. MUENDEL