38 Patents
High Torque Low Inertia Brushless Motor
Four slot, two-pole, brushless motor with extremely high acceleration capability.
Date Issued : Aug 7, 2023
Patent issuer and number : us 11,735,969
Variable Torque Low Inertia Brushless Motor
Extremely high speed brushless motor. Basically the continuous-rotation version of our Saturn scanner.
Date Issued : Aug 7, 2023
Patent issuer and number : us 11,728,698
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.
Date Issued : Nov 2, 2021
Patent issuer and number : us 11,162,819
High Torque Low Inductance Rotary Actuator
Chinese utility patent of the magnetic circuit used in our our Saturn-series of laser scanners.
Date Issued : Apr 30, 2021
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201310128586.5
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.
Date Issued : Mar 23, 2021
Patent issuer and number : us 10,955,266
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!)
Date Issued : Nov 12, 2020
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201922337936.4
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.
Date Issued : Aug 4, 2020
Patent issuer and number : us 10,734,857
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.
Date Issued : Jul 21, 2020
Patent issuer and number : us 10,720,824
Verbesserter Lichtdetektor unter Verwendung trapezförmiger Chips
Trapezoidal light sensor used in Saturn scanners, plus other applications of trapezoidal chips with photosensitive material.
Date Issued : Jun 19, 2020
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2020 000 007
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.
Date Issued : Feb 25, 2020
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201920775937.4
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!)
Date Issued : Jan 31, 2020
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2020 000 420
Light detector employing trapezoidal chips and associated methods
Trapezoidal position sensor used in Saturn-series scanners.
Date Issued : Jan 21, 2020
Patent issuer and number : us 10,539,433
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.
Date Issued : Oct 10, 2019
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2019 002 282.1
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.
Date Issued : May 8, 2019
Patent issuer and number : us 10,305,358
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.
Date Issued : May 7, 2019
Patent issuer and number : us 10,284,038
Rotary Position Detector and Associated Methods
Rotary Position Detector used on the Compact 506 and ARC series of laser scanners.
Date Issued : Nov 23, 2018
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201310151544.3
Electromechanical Rotary Actuator and Method
Magnetic circuit and assembly method for actuators used in VRAD-series and Compact-series ScannerMAX products.
Date Issued : Nov 23, 2018
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201210363955.4
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.
Date Issued : May 18, 2018
Patent issuer and number : us 9,991,773
Electromechanical Rotary Actuator and Method
Magnetic circuit and assembly method for actuators used in VRAD-series and Compact-series ScannerMAX products.
Date Issued : Jun 30, 2017
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201210363949.9
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.
Date Issued :Dec 13, 2016
Patent issuer and number : us 9,530,559
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.
Date Issued :Sep 14, 2016
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201620112019.X
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.
Date Issued :May 31, 2016
Patent issuer and number : us 9,366,860
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.
Date Issued :Mar 8, 2016
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2016 000 737.9
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.
Date Issued : Feb 10, 2016
Patent issuer and number : us 9,270,144
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…
Date Issued : Nov 10, 2015
Patent issuer and number : us 9,195,061
Electromechanical Limited Rotation Rotary Actuator
VRAD series rotary actuator
Date Issued : Jul 7, 2015
Patent issuer and number : us 9,077,219
Rotary Position Detector And Associated Methods
Position detector for optical scanner
Date Issued : Apr 29, 2015
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL 2011 10066043.6
Electromechanical device and assembly method
VRAD 1510 and 506 assembly method and operating concepts
Date Issued : Feb 24, 2015
Patent issuer and number : us 8,963,396
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.
Date Issued : Nov 6, 2014
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2014 000 846.9
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
Date Issued : Sep 24, 2014
Patent issuer and number : cn ZL201420102156.6
Rotary Position Detector and Associated Methods*
Rotary position detector for optical scanner
Date Issued : Jul 11, 2014
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2013 003 263.4
Rotary position detector and associated methods
Rotary position sensor for optical scanner
Date Issued : Aug 13, 2013
Patent issuer and number : us 8,508,726
Dreh-Stellantrieb mit hohem Drehmoment und niedriger Induktivitat (Actuator with high torque and low inductance)*
Actuator used in our Saturn-series of optical scanners.
Date Issued : Apr 29, 2013
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2013 000 369.3
Elektromechanisches Drehstellglied (Electromechanical Rotary Actuator)*
VRAD Rotary Actuator
Date Issued : Sep 26, 2012
Patent issuer and number : de 20 2012 009 275.8
High-speed Z-axis focusing device and associated methods
Fourth-generation Beam Brush (https://youtu.be/75s7uBlVJIU)
Date Issued : Aug 28, 2012
Patent issuer and number : us 8,254,045
Rotary position detector and associated methods
Rotary position sensor for optical scanner
Date Issued : May 10, 2011
Patent issuer and number : us 7,940,380
Rotary position detector and associated methods
Position sensor for optical scanner
Date Issued : Mar 30, 2010
Patent issuer and number : us 7,688,432
Moving mirror optical scanner and associated methods
Optical scanner on which substantially only the mirror rotates — no separate rotor.
Date Issued : Aug 15, 2006
Patent issuer and number : us 7,092,135
