John Wendell Lucas

US Patent:

20130252766, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

May 31, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/485775

Inventors:

David Nelson - Calabasas CA, US
John Lucas - Newbury Park CA, US

International Classification:

A63B 69/00

US Classification:

473422

Abstract:

A net apparatus arranged to provide a net structure to capture or catch a projectile, that is easy to setup and is collapsible such that the frame structure is easy to assemble by a single individual. The net apparatus comprising a base structure including at least one support portion, at least one base extension, and a hinge, wherein the at least one support portion is coupled to the at least one base extension and the hinge. At least one rod is removably coupled to the base structure and received by a net, wherein the net is adapted to exert a force on the at least one rod causing the at least one rod to exert a force onto said hinge in order to lock the at least one support portion.

US Patent:

54521378, Sep 19, 1995

Filed:

Apr 5, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/042646

Inventors:

John R. Lucas - Glendale CA

Assignee:

Litton Systems Inc. - Woodland Hills CA

International Classification:

G02B 2746
G06K 964

US Classification:

359561

Abstract:

In an optical correlator system having reflective and transmissive optical components positioned along a folded and segmented optical axis or path, one or more optical path extenders are provided for selected optical path segments that require operative path length adjustment so that an electromagnetic radiation beam, which traverses the folded optical path with selected information imparted into and detected from the beam, can be imaged upon a defined and maximum usable area or region both on the reflective components and on an end detector component.

US Patent:

53113594, May 10, 1994

Filed:

Dec 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/996584

Inventors:

John R. Lucas - Glendale CA
Andrew M. Pollack - Simi Valley CA
Stuart A. Mills - West Hills CA

Assignee:

Litton Systems, Inc. - Beverly Hills CA

International Classification:

G02B 2746
G06K 964

US Classification:

359561

Abstract:

An optical correlator system having a plurality of reflective optical components, both active and passive, positioned (1) between a source of electromagnetic radiation, such as a visible beam of coherent light, and an output detector array, and (2) around an asymmetrical perimeter of a planar support body to develop an asymmetrically folded optical axis or path wholly within the body where the path is traversed by the beam SO THAT information processed by the active optical components along the optical path and imparted to the optical beam enable the optical detection of an unknown object at the detector array which is then subject to an identification process.