Patents by Inventor William Garrick Lucas

William Garrick Lucas 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).

  • Apparatus and method for improving center hole radial runout control in optical disk manufacturing
    Patent number: 8696858
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling radial runout between stacked disk portions (14, 18) and providing a cylindrical pin (20) having at least two diameters (22, 24). The pin is dimensioned and configured to permit the disk portions, which have different center hole dimensions, to be indexed such that a center hole of each disk portion is received by a separate diameter of the pin. The disk portions are maintained in spatial relationship as provided by the pin by spot curing a portion of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Daniel Jay Sanocki, Alan Bruce Hamersley, William Garrick Lucas
  • Apparatus and Method for Improving Center Hole Radial Runout Control in Optical Disk Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20080149266
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling radial runout between stacked disk portions (14, 18) and providing a cylindrical pin (20) having at least two diameters (22, 24). The pin is dimensioned and configured to permit the disk portions, which have different center hole dimensions, to be indexed such that a center hole of each disk portion is received by a separate diameter of the pin. The disk portions are maintained in spatial relationship as provided by the pin by spot curing a portion of the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Jay Sanocki, Alan Bruce Hamersley, William Garrick Lucas