Patents by Inventor Will Saunders

Will Saunders 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).

  • Optical Telescope Fibre Positioning Devices
    Publication number: 20180166195
    Abstract: A positioning system comprising a mounting assembly arranged to move a positioning device via a magnetic coupling interaction between the mounting assembly and the positioning device. The positioning device is configured to limit the spread of flux away from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Commonwealth of Australia as rep by Dep of Ind.
    Inventors: Peter Gillingham, James Gilbert, Gregory Smith, Nicholas Staszak, Jerzy Brzeski, Stanislaw Miziarski, Scot Smedley, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Will Saunders
  • Optical telescope fibre positioning devices
    Patent number: 9875835
    Abstract: A positioning system comprising a mounting assembly arranged to move a positioning device via a magnetic coupling interaction between the mounting assembly and the positioning device. The positioning device is configured to limit the spread of flux away from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Commonwealth of Australia as represented by Department of Industry
    Inventors: Peter Gillingham, Will Saunders, James Gilbert, Gregory Smith, Nicholas Staszak, Jerzy Brzeski, Stanislaw Miziarski, Scot Smedley, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller
  • Positioning system
    Patent number: 9201240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for fiber positioning in wide-field astronomy. In one form the method and system of the present invention relate to anchoring fiber end points adjacent or against the field plate of a telescope. In one embodiment the positioning system for anchoring a fiber end point at a location on a telescope field plate collocated with a telescope focal plane, the positioning system comprising a piezoelectric positioning device for positioning the fiber end point, the positioning device comprising a chamber having an opening, the opening lying against the field plate in use defining a substantially enclosed volume inside the chamber, a pump for reducing pressure inside the enclosed volume; and a path connecting the pump and the enclosed volume so that, in use, the pump effects a reduction in pressure in the chamber thereby anchoring the fiber end point on the field plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Industry
    Inventors: Jeroen Heijmans, Will Saunders, James Gilbert