38 Patents
HIGH TORQUE LOW INERTIA BRUSHLESS MOTOR
Four slot, two-pole, brushless motor with extremely high acceleration capability.
VARIABLE TORQUE LOW INERTIA BRUSHLESS MOTOR
Extremely high speed brushless motor. Basically the continuous-rotation version of our Saturn scanner.
LOW INERTIA ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Sine/Cosine position sensor for our continuous-rotation motor which is surely among the fastest in the world.
HIGH TORQUE LOW INDUCTANCE ROTARY ACTUATOR
Chinese utility patent of the magnetic circuit used in our our Saturn-series of laser scanners.
LIGHT DETECTOR EMPLOYING TRAPEZOIDAL CHIPS
A position sensor employing silicon photodiodes formed from trapezoidal chips mounted on a printed circuit board detects angular positions of a rotor shaft within a galvanometer-based optical scanner.
VARIABLE TORQUE LOW INERTIA BRUSHLESS MOTOR
Continuous-rotation motor capable of extremely high acceleration. Quite possibly the fastest-accelerating motor in the world. (Zero to 120,000 RPM in 1 millisecond!)
ELECTROMECHANICAL LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR AND METHOD EMPLOYING SEGMENTED COILS
The final patent on the way we form and insert coils in our Compact 506 scanner.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
The US Patent for the updated version of our ARC scanner — making it even easier and less expensive to build a galvanometer laser scanner. This is especially important for consumer and high volume applications including 3D printers, LIDAR, Head-up Displays and other consumer laser displays.
VERBESSERTER LICHTDETEKTOR UNTER VERWENDUNG TRAPEZFÖRMIGER CHIPS
Trapezoidal light sensor used in Saturn scanners, plus other applications of trapezoidal chips with photosensitive material.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
Updated version of our ARC scanner — making it even easier and less expensive to build a galvanometer laser scanner. This is especially important for consumer and high volume applications including 3D printers, LIDAR, Head-up Displays and other consumer laser displays.
BÜRSTENLOSER MOTOR MIT VARIABLEM DREHMOMENT UND GERINGEM TRÄGHEITSMOMENT
High Torque, Low Inertia, Brushless motor. Believed to be the fastest accelerating motor in the world. (Zero to 120,000 RPM in 1 millisecond!)
LIGHT DETECTOR EMPLOYING TRAPEZOIDAL CHIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Trapezoidal position sensor used in Saturn-series scanners.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
Latest version of our ARC scanner design — low cost galvo scanner, perfect for LIDAR, 3D Printing, and Projection applications.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
Another patent covering the ARC scanner, which is an optical scanner that can be made quickly, easily, and at low cost, perfectly suited for high-volume consumer applications.
ELECTROMECHANICAL LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR AND METHOD EMPLOYING SEGMENTED COILS
Method of forming and then inserting coils into a small motor such as an optical scanner. The method involves “segmenting” the coils, and then keeping them in place using a special low-cost retainer having tabs. This is used on our VRAD-506 actuator and Compact 506 scanner.
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Rotary Position Detector used on the Compact 506 and ARC series of laser scanners.
ELECTROMECHANICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR AND METHOD
Magnetic circuit and assembly method for actuators used in VRAD-series and Compact-series ScannerMAX products.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
The “ARC scanner” offers the same performance as conventional galvos but has a fraction of the cost to produce. It is of interest to high-volume laser scanning applications, including laser displays, 3D printers and LIDAR systems.
ELECTROMECHANICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR AND METHOD
Magnetic circuit and assembly method for actuators used in VRAD-series and Compact-series ScannerMAX products.
MULTI-TURN ELECTRICAL COIL AND FABRICATING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Specialized coils used in ScannerMAX Saturn series of galvo scanners. The coils are thin, and have perfect nesting of all turns thereby maximizing copper density and heat transfer.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
Least expensive method of making a galvanometer. We call this our “ARC scanner” — perfect for consumer laser displays, 3D printers and LIDAR systems.
MIRROR SCANNING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
Bumpers that prevent a mirror from exceeding a valid range of rotation for optical scanners. This is done instead of drilling a hole and placing a “stopping pin” in a shaft as almost all other laser scanner companies do.
LOW COST LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
The ARC scanner represents the least expensive method of building a galvanometer. Performance is on par with conventional galvos, and thus, this achieves the highest price-to-performance ratio, which enables high volume consumer applications such as portable laser light shows, head-up displays, 3D printers and LIDAR for self-driving cars.
HIGH TORQUE LOW INDUCTANCE ROTARY ACTUATOR
Electromagnetic rotary actuator used on ScannerMAX Saturn-series of scanners. A significant improvement in torque-per-watt over conventional scanners, allowing the scanner to run cool while delivering more torque.
SCANNING MIRROR SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
X-axis scanning mirror that is shaped like Darth Vader’s helmet, so as to have the same inertia as Y-axis mirror. When both X- and Y-axis mirrors have the same inertia there won’t be any phase difference during vector scanning. Our Darth-Vader-Shaped mirror does a much better job than using two Y-axis mirrors as many competitors do…
ELECTROMECHANICAL LIMITED ROTATION ROTARY ACTUATOR
VRAD series rotary actuator
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Position detector for optical scanner
ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD
VRAD 1510 and 506 assembly method and operating concepts
ELEKTRISCHE MEHRWINDUNGSSPULE UND FERTIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG (MULTI-TURN ELECTRICAL COIL AND METHOD)
Coils used in our Saturn-series of optical scanners, and may also be used for smart-cards.
COIL FORMER AND COIL SYSTEM
Coils used in Saturn scanners, but can also be used in smart cards and other places where a thin, highly-packed coil is needed
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS*
Rotary position detector for optical scanner
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Rotary position sensor for optical scanner
DREH-STELLANTRIEB MIT HOHEM DREHMOMENT UND NIEDRIGER INDUKTIVITAT (ACTUATOR WITH HIGH TORQUE AND LOW INDUCTANCE)*
Actuator used in our Saturn-series of optical scanners.
ELEKTROMECHANISCHES DREHSTELLGLIED (ELECTROMECHANICAL ROTARY ACTUATOR)*
VRAD Rotary Actuator
HIGH-SPEED Z-AXIS FOCUSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Fourth-generation Beam Brush (https://youtu.be/75s7uBlVJIU)
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Rotary position sensor for optical scanner
ROTARY POSITION DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Position sensor for optical scanner
MOVING MIRROR OPTICAL SCANNER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Optical scanner on which substantially only the mirror rotates — no separate rotor.