Patents by Inventor Utah State University Research Foundation

Utah State University Research Foundation 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: 20130221206
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various energy conveyance systems that are able to convey energy along different optical paths to non-overlapping regions of a sensor. A system can include an objective optics system that collects and focuses energy, and can further include steering optics that are configured to divert an optical path of at least a portion of the energy that is collected via the objective optics system. The steering optics may cause different portions of energy collected via the objective optics system to be delivered as focused field images to non-overlapping or similar sections of a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Utah State University Research Foundation
  • Publication number: 20130088090
    Abstract: The magnetic coupler for wireless power transfer systems, which includes a ferrimagnetic component, a coil, and a screen configured to reduce leakage flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Utah State University Research Foundation
  • Publication number: 20130027708
    Abstract: An Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) capable of rapid or broadband frequency tuning by non-mechanical or mechanical means includes a resonant cavity with one or more non-linear crystals in an optical path thereof. The non-linear crystals may be driven by actuators. A pump laser pulse is transmitted into the resonant cavity with one or more seed beams having a desired wavelength. The output beam from the resonant cavity may have the same center wavelength as the one or more seed beams which may be modulated at a frequency larger than that of the pump laser, or the inverse of the pulse duration. The OPO may be used in Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) or Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL) analysis by intra-pulse modulation of output to measure absorption at multiple frequencies for each pulse of a pump beam. Sum Frequency Generator configurations may be suitable for narrow and broadband UV generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Utah State University Research Foundation