Patents by Inventor William Lauer
William Lauer 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).
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Publication number: 20230075371Abstract: A headlamp illumination source that switches from a first configuration conforming to on-road illumination standards to a second configuration that does not conform to on-road illumination standards. The switching is preferably controlled by a wireless signal but in some embodiments the switching can be controlled by a hard-wired signal or by a switch proximate the illumination source itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Metra Electronics CorporationInventors: William H. Jones, JR., Edward Robertson, William Lauer, Jason Anderson, John Wiley Horton
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Patent number: 11161137Abstract: A sprinkler includes a body having an upper portion removably attached to a lower portion. The upper portion includes a nozzle strip and lower nozzle plate. The lower portion includes a hollow body, a locking plate, and a controller connected to the locking plate. The locking plate is configured to move in a lengthwise direction. The locking plate includes a locking plate tab and a locking plate groove. The lower nozzle plate includes a nozzle plate tab. The hollow body comprises a vertical channel configured to accommodate the locking plate tab in a first position. The nozzle plate tab is arranged beneath the locking plate tab in the first position. The locking plate tab is arranged outside the vertical channel in a second position. The controller is configured to move the locking plate to the first position and to the second position to facilitate removal of the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Ha V. Duong, Hecheng Zhou, Chunfu Zhou, Robert William Lauer
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Publication number: 20200094283Abstract: A sprinkler includes a nozzle assembly attached to an upper portion a the sprinkler. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle strip having nozzles and an angle plate in contact with the nozzle strip. The angle plate includes angle plate grooves and teeth. The nozzles extend through the angle plate grooves. The upper portion includes nozzle openings that correspond to the angle plate grooves. The nozzles extend through the nozzle openings. The angle plate grooves overlap with the nozzle openings to form an adjustable intersection opening. The sprinkler includes a controller having a knob extending outside the sprinkler and teeth positioned inside the sprinkler. The teeth mesh with the teeth of the angle plate. The controller drives the angle plate and an axis of at least one of the plurality of nozzles extending outside the sprinkler varies based on a position of the angle plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Ha V. Duong, Hecheng Zhou, Chunfu Zhou, Robert William Lauer
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Publication number: 20200094284Abstract: A sprinkler includes a body having an upper portion removably attached to a lower portion. The upper portion includes a nozzle strip and lower nozzle plate. The lower portion includes a hollow body, a locking plate, and a controller connected to the locking plate. The locking plate is configured to move in a lengthwise direction. The locking plate includes a locking plate tab and a locking plate groove. The lower nozzle plate includes a nozzle plate tab. The hollow body comprises a vertical channel configured to accommodate the locking plate tab in a first position. The nozzle plate tab is arranged beneath the locking plate tab in the first position. The locking plate tab is arranged outside the vertical channel in a second position. The controller is configured to move the locking plate to the first position and to the second position to facilitate removal of the upper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Ha V. Duong, Hecheng Zhou, Chunfu Zhou, Robert William Lauer
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Publication number: 20110297851Abstract: In a system for severing conductive links by laser irradiation to repair electronic devices, multiple laser beams are deflected at high-speed to target selected links for processing by positioning laser spots in a two dimensional pattern during relative motion of a substrate and a beam delivery system. As link targeting flexibility is increased, selection may be required from a large number of addressable link pairs. Various embodiments advantageously use beam deflection and beam splitting to improve memory repair processing rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: GSI GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: William Lauer, Jonathan S. Ehrmann, Joseph J. Griffiths
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Publication number: 20110099745Abstract: A mop bucket comprises an internal compartment defined by a side wall for retaining a liquid. A first bracket is supported in the compartment and supports a first agitator blade and a second bracket supported in the compartment and supports a second agitator blade such that the agitator blades are spaced from one another a distance sufficient to receive a mop. The first agitator blade and the second agitator blade each comprising a plurality of fins extending from a planar support surface. The first agitator blade and said second agitator blade may also comprise a plurality of bristles extending from a planar support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, JR., Jesse Andrew Matola, Robert William Lauer
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Publication number: 20060283845Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Patent number: 6987786Abstract: A laser polarization control apparatus includes a polarization modifying device, such as a liquid crystal variable retarder, and a controller. The polarization modifying device receives a laser beam and modifies the polarization of the laser beam. The controller, which is connected to the polarization modifying device, adjusts an input to the polarization modifying device in order to control modification of the polarization of the laser beam based on alignment of a structure to be processed by the laser beam. For example, the polarization of the laser beam may be rotated to correspond with the alignment of a link in a semiconductor device to be cut by the laser beam. The polarization modifying device is configured for incorporation into a laser processing system that produces the laser beam received by the polarization modifying device and that focuses the laser beam modified by the polarization modifying device onto a workpiece that includes the structure to be processed by the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: GSI Group CorporationInventors: James J. Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin, Joohan Lee, William Lauer, Jonathan S. Ehrmann
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Publication number: 20050211682Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Patent number: 6911622Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: General Scanning, Inc.Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Publication number: 20030189032Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Applicant: General Scanning, a Massachusetts corporationInventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Patent number: 6559412Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Publication number: 20020141473Abstract: A laser polarization control apparatus includes a polarization modifying device, such as a liquid crystal variable retarder, and a controller. The polarization modifying device receives a laser beam and modifies the polarization of the laser beam. The controller, which is connected to the polarization modifying device, adjusts an input to the polarization modifying device in order to control modification of the polarization of the laser beam based on alignment of a structure to be processed by the laser beam. For example, the polarization of the laser beam may be rotated to correspond with the alignment of a link in a semiconductor device to be cut by the laser beam. The polarization modifying device is configured for incorporation into a laser processing system that produces the laser beam received by the polarization modifying device and that focuses the laser beam modified by the polarization modifying device onto a workpiece that includes the structure to be processed by the laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: General Scanning, Inc.Inventors: James J. Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin, Joohan Lee, William Lauer, Jonathan S. Ehrmann
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Patent number: 6381259Abstract: A laser polarization control apparatus includes a polarization modifying device and a controller. The polarization modifying device receives a laser beam and modifies the polarization of the laser beam. The controller adjusts an input to the polarization modifying device in order to control modification of the polarization of the laser beam based on alignment of a structure to be processed by the laser beam. The polarization modifying device is configured for incorporation into a laser processing system that produces the laser beam received by the polarization modifying device and that focuses the laser beam modified by the polarization modifying device onto a workpiece that includes the structure to be processed by the laser beam. An analyzer tool receives the laser beam modified by the polarization modification device and measures the modification of the polarization of the laser beam by the polarization modification device.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: General Scanning, Inc.Inventors: James J. Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin, William Lauer
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Publication number: 20020017510Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
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Patent number: D517505Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Metra Electronics CorporationInventors: Scott Disbennett, Edward T. Robertson, John C. Williams, William Lauer
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Patent number: D688723Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Citizen Finetech Miyota Co., Ltd.Inventor: William Lauer
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Patent number: D688964Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLCInventor: Robert William Lauer
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Patent number: D705683Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLCInventor: Robert William Lauer
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Patent number: D898866Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Ningbo Yilin Aguatech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Robert William Lauer