Patents by Inventor Todd R. McMichael

Todd R. McMichael 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).

  • X-Y adjustable optical mount with Z rotation
    Patent number: 8085482
    Abstract: An optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member by a number of flexures. A first translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a first shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member along a first substantially linear travel path within a translation plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis. A second translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a second shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member along a second substantially linear travel path within the translation plane. A rotational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a third shaft and actuable to rotate the inner member about an instant point of rotation that is defined at the intersection of the first and second linear travel paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jack Weston Frankovich, Robert D Grejda, Keith E Hanford, Todd R. McMichael
  • X-Y ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL MOUNT WITH Z ROTATION
    Publication number: 20110292527
    Abstract: An optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member by a number of flexures. A first translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a first shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member along a first substantially linear travel path within a translation plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis. A second translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a second shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member along a second substantially linear travel path within the translation plane. A rotational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a third shaft and actuable to rotate the inner member about an instant point of rotation that is defined at the intersection of the first and second linear travel paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Jack Weston Frankovich, Robert D. Grejda, Keith E. Hanford, Todd R. McMichael