| Technology |
Publication
Number |
Publication
Date |
Assignee |
Inventor(s) |
Title |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US8643305 |
2/4/2014 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
for L.E.D. illumination |
| Electric-field
nano-imprinting |
US8617378 |
12/31/2013 |
Actus Potentia, Inc. |
Chandra;
Abhijit
Bastawros; Ashraf F.
Mitra; Ambar K.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
for focused electric-field imprinting for micron and sub-micron patterns on
wavy or planar surfaces |
| RF Antenna
elements |
US8604791 |
12/10/2013 |
Life Services, LLC |
U of Minnesota |
Vaughan,
Jr.; John Thomas
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Active
transmit elements for MRI coils and other antenna devices |
| Fullerene nanotube manufacture |
US8551376 |
10/8/2013 |
GrandNano, LLC |
Lemaire;
Alexander B.
Lemaire; Charles A.
Stordal; Leif T.
Thomforde; Dale J. |
Method
for growing carbon nanotube forests, and generating nanotube structures
therefrom, and apparatus |
| Spectral-beam
combining |
US8526110 |
9/3/2013 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Honea;
Eric C.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Spectral-beam
combining for high-power fiber-ring-laser systems |
| Optical stimulation of nerves |
US8506613 |
8/13/2013 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Webb;
James S.
Miyake; Charles I.
Bendett; Mark P.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Miniature
method and apparatus for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal
tissue |
| Optical-fiber combiners |
US8503840 |
8/6/2013 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Hu;
Yongdan
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Optical-fiber
array method and apparatus |
| Optical stimulation of nerves |
US8498699 |
7/30/2013 |
Lockheed Martin
Corp.|Vanderbilt University |
Wells;
Jonathon D.
Bendett; Mark P.
Webb; James S.
Lemaire; Charles A.
Duke; Austin R.
Jansen; E. Duco
Konrad; Peter E.
Mahadevan-Jansen; Anita |
Method
and nerve stimulator using simultaneous electrical and optical signals |
| Spectral-beam
combining |
US8472763 |
6/25/2013 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Liu;
Anping
Honea; Eric C.
Lemaire; Charles A.
Mead; Roy D.
Brooks; Christopher D.
Brown; Andrew J. W.
Hamilton; Charles E.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Di Teodoro; Fabio |
Spectral
beam combination of laser beams |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US8362712 |
1/29/2013 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
and method for L.E.D. illumination |
| 110V outlet |
US8348682 |
1/8/2013 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Draggie;
Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Maxwell; Marian D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
for electrical outlet having grounds-out receptacles |
| RF Antenna
elements |
US8299681 |
10/30/2012 |
Life Services, LLC |
U of Minnesota |
Snyder;
Carl J.
Vaughan, Jr.; John Thomas
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Remotely
adjustable reactive and resistive electrical elements and method |
| Spectral-beam
combining |
US8179594 |
5/15/2012 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Tidwell;
Steven C.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of fanned-in laser beams with
chromatic-dispersion compensation using a plurality of diffractive gratings |
| Fullerene
nanotube manufacture |
US8162643 |
4/24/2012 |
GrandNano, LLC |
Lemaire;
Alexander B.
Lemaire; Charles A.
Stordal; Leif T.
Thomforde; Dale J. |
Method
and apparatus for growing nanotube forests, and generating nanotube
structures therefrom |
| Optical
stimulation of nerves |
US8160696 |
4/17/2012 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Bendett;
Mark P.
Wells; Jonathon D.
Webb; James S.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Nerve
stimulator and method using simultaneous electrical and optical signals |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US8159146 |
4/17/2012 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
and method for pulsed L.E.D. illumination |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US8116075 |
2/14/2012 |
Assurance Hardware
and Software Solutions LLC |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
systems that move data to spare drives from drives about to fail and method |
| Missile defense |
US8082832 |
12/27/2011 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Tidwell;
Steven C.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Missile
system using two-color missile-signature simulation using mid-infrared test
source semiconductor lasers |
| 110V outlet |
US8025527 |
9/27/2011 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Draggie;
Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Maxwell; Marian D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Electrical
outlet having grounds-out receptacles and method |
| Electric-field nano-imprinting |
US7998323 |
8/16/2011 |
Actus Potentia, Inc. |
Chandra;
Abhijit
Bastawros; Ashraf F.
Mitra; Ambar K.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
for focused electric-field imprinting for micron and sub-micron patterns on
wavy or planar surfaces |
| Optical stimulation of nerves |
US7988688 |
8/2/2011 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Webb;
James S.
Miyake; Charles I.
Bendett; Mark P.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Miniature
apparatus and method for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal
tissue |
| Fullerene nanotube manufacture |
US7850778 |
12/14/2010 |
GrandNano, LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Apparatus
and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube
films, threads and composite structures therefrom |
| 110V outlet |
US7785139 |
8/31/2010 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Draggie;
Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Maxwell; Marian D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Electrical
outlet having grounds-out receptacles and method |
| Vision-floater reduction |
US7771342 |
8/10/2010 |
Rademacher; Patrick
J. |
Rademacher;
Patrick J.
Rademacher; JoAnn K.
Smith; Jason D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
and method for reducing vision problems as a result of floaters |
| Fullerene nanotube manufacture |
US7744793 |
6/29/2010 |
GrandNano, LLC |
Lemaire;
Alexander B.
Lemaire; Charles A.
Stordal; Leif T.
Thomforde; Dale J. |
Apparatus
and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube
films, threads and composite structures therefrom |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US7740371 |
6/22/2010 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for pulsed L.E.D. illumination for a camera |
| Optical stimulation of nerves |
US7736382 |
6/15/2010 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Webb;
James S.
Hamilton; Charles E.
Ralph; Heather A.
Bendett; Mark P.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7701700 |
4/20/2010 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
systems with a varying number of spares for different expected lifetimes and
method |
| Electrical connectors |
US7658641 |
2/9/2010 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Maxwell;
Scott D.
Draggie; Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Marian
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Compressive
collet electrical clamp and contact and method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7646597 |
1/12/2010 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Porous
light-emitting display with air flow through display, its use in a disk-drive
system and method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7630196 |
12/8/2009 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having non-parallel drives to reduce vibration and method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7626805 |
12/1/2009 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
system supporting massively parallel video streams and method |
| Electrical connectors |
US7591692 |
9/22/2009 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Maxwell;
Marian D.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Draggie; Raymond Q.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Battery
clamp and associated method |
| Spectral-beam combining |
US7535631 |
5/19/2009 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Brown;
Andrew J. W.
Honea; Eric C.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Mead; Roy D.
Hamilton; Charles E.
Liu; Anping
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of fiber-amplified laser beams
using high-efficiency dielectric diffractive gratings |
| Electrical connectors |
US7534124 |
5/19/2009 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Maxwell; Marian D.
Draggie; Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Scott D. |
Method
and apparatus for power outlet and plug having low-insertion-force connector |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7505264 |
3/17/2009 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having pair-wise counter-rotating drives to reduce vibration and
method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7447015 |
11/4/2008 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
system having multiple power supplies and mirroring and method |
| OO Programming |
US7444334 |
10/28/2008 |
Foundation IP, LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Lundberg; Steven W. |
Transaction-based
object-oriented multipart database method and apparatus |
| Photonic-crystal amplifiers |
US7430352 |
9/30/2008 |
Aculight Corp. |
Di
Teodoro; Fabio
Brooks; Christopher D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Multi-segment
photonic-crystal-rod waveguides for amplification of high-power pulsed
optical radiation and associated method |
| Photonic-crystal amplifiers |
US7400804 |
7/15/2008 |
Aculight Corp. |
Di
Teodoro; Fabio
Brooks; Christopher D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Monolithic
or ribbon-like multi-core photonic-crystal fibers and associated method |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US7393119 |
7/1/2008 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for constant light output pulsed L.E.D. illumination |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7391609 |
6/24/2008 |
Atrato, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having laterally offset parallel drives to reduce vibration and
method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7359188 |
4/15/2008 |
Sherwood Information
Partners, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having rows of alternately facing parallel drives to reduce
vibration and method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7349205 |
3/25/2008 |
Sherwood Information
Partners, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having front-back rows of substantially parallel drives and method |
| Electrical connectors |
US7329157 |
2/12/2008 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Maxwell;
Marian D.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Draggie; Raymond Q.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Mechanically
advantaged band clamp and associated method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7319586 |
1/15/2008 |
Sherwood Information
Partners, Inc. |
Hall;
Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Wendel; Eric J.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Disk-drive
enclosure having drives in a herringbone pattern to improve airflow and
method |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7280353 |
10/9/2007 |
Sherwood Information
Partners, Inc. |
Wendel;
Eric J.
Hall; Jonathan E.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
System
and method for reduced vibration interaction in a multiple-hard-disk-drive
enclosure |
| 110V outlet |
US7278878 |
10/9/2007 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Draggie;
Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Scott D.
Maxwell; Marian D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for A.C. outlet having grounds-out receptacles |
| Solid-State Batteries |
US7274118 |
9/25/2007 |
Cymbet Corp. |
Jenson;
Mark L.
Klaassen; Jody J.
Sullivan; Jim
Lemaire; Charles A.
Billion; Richard E. |
Solid
state MEMS activity-activated battery device and method |
| Photonic-crystal amplifiers |
US7260299 |
8/21/2007 |
Aculight Corp. |
Di
Teodoro; Fabio
Brooks; Christopher D.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Multi-segment
photonic-crystal-rod waveguides coupled across a free-space gap and
associated method |
| Spectral-beam combining |
US7233442 |
6/19/2007 |
Aculight Corp. |
Brown;
Andrew J. W.
Honea; Eric C.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Mead; Roy D.
Hamilton; Charles E.
Liu; Anping
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers |
| Spectral-beam combining |
US7199924 |
4/3/2007 |
Aculight Corp. |
Brown;
Andrew J. W.
Honea; Eric C.
Loftus; Thomas H.
Mead; Roy D.
Hamilton; Charles E.
Liu; Anping
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Apparatus
and method for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US7186000 |
3/6/2007 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for a variable intensity pulsed L.E.D. light |
| Mass Disk Storage |
US7167359 |
1/23/2007 |
Sherwood Information
Partners, Inc. |
Wendel;
Eric J.
Hall; Jonathan E.
McCormick; Daniel M.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
System
and method for mass storage using multiple-hard-disk-drive enclosure |
| Electrical connectors |
US7052331 |
5/30/2006 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Maxwell;
Scott D.
Draggie; Raymond Q.
Maxwell; Marian
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Symmetrically
adjustable corrosion-resistant battery cable connector |
| Solid-State Batteries |
US6906436 |
6/14/2005 |
Cymbet Corp. |
Jenson;
Mark L.
Klaassen; Jody J.
Sullivan; Jim
Lemaire; Charles A.
Billion; Richard E. |
Solid
state activity-activated battery device and method |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US6808287 |
10/26/2004 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for a pulsed L.E.D. illumination source |
| Microphone |
US6629343 |
10/7/2003 |
Hypertension
Diagnostics, Inc. |
Chesney;
Charles F.
Riggs; Michael Terry
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
for fabricating a pressure-wave sensor with a leveling support element |
| Microphone |
US6585659 |
7/1/2003 |
Hypertension
Diagnostics, Inc. |
Chesney;
Charles F.
Riggs; Michael Terry
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Pressure-wave
sensor with a leveling support element |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US6488390 |
12/3/2002 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Color-adjusted
camera light and method |
| Microphone |
US6331161 |
12/18/2001 |
Hypertension
Diagnostics, Inc |
Chesney;
Charles F.
Riggs; Michael Terry
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for fabricating a pressure-wave sensor with a leveling support
element |
| L.E.D. Illumination |
US6305818 |
10/23/2001 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for L.E.D. illumination |
| Machine-vision illumination |
US6290382 |
9/18/2001 |
PPT Vision, Inc. |
Bourn;
Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Fiber
bundle combiner and led illumination system and method |
| Text-to-voice devices |
US6185532 |
2/6/2001 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Striemer; Bryan L. |
Digital
broadcast system with selection of items at each receiver via individual user
profiles and voice readout of selected items |
| L.E.D. Flashlight |
US6095661 |
8/1/2000 |
LED Tech Development,
LLC |
Lebens;
Gary A.
Bourn; Charles T.
Lemaire; Charles A. |
Method
and apparatus for an L.E.D. flashlight |
| Text-to-voice devices |
US5613038 |
3/18/1997 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Striemer; Bryan L. |
Communications
system for multiple individually addressed messages |
| Text-to-voice devices |
US5594658 |
1/14/1997 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Striemer; Bryan L. |
Communications
system for multiple individually addressed messages |
| Text-to-voice devices |
US5444768 |
8/22/1995 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Schick; Thomas
Striemer; Bryan L. |
Portable
computer device for audible processing of remotely stored messages |
| Computer architecture |
US5333297 |
7/26/1994 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Wottreng; Andrew H. |
Multiprocessor
system having multiple classes of instructions for purposes of mutual
interruptibility |
| Computer architecture |
US4488219 |
12/11/1984 |
IBM Corp. |
Lemaire;
Charles A.
Luick; David A. |
Extended
control word decoding |
| 110V outlet wallplate |
USD564861 |
3/25/2008 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Decorative
wallplate |
| 110V switch |
USD539239 |
3/27/2007 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Decorative
electrical switch |
| 110V switch |
USD538758 |
3/20/2007 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Decorative
rocker switch |
| 110V outlet |
USD532750 |
11/28/2006 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Decorative
electrical receptacle |
| 110V outlet |
USD525200 |
7/18/2006 |
Mechanical Answers
LLC |
Lemaire;
Charles A. |
Decorative
receptacle |