Alan M Lyons

US Patent:

6665127, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/135973

Inventors:

Zhenan Bao - Millburn NJ
Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine - Warren NJ
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ
Mary Louise Mandich - Martinsville NJ
Louis Thomas Manzione - Summit NJ
Elsa Reichmanis - Westfield NJ
Shu Yang - North Plainfield NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 106

US Classification:

359665

Abstract:

A tunable microlens uses a layer of photo-conducting material which results in a voltage differential between at least one of a plurality of electrodes and a droplet of conducting liquid when a light beam is incident upon the photo-conducting material. Such droplet, which forms the optics of the microlens, moves toward an electrode with higher voltage relative to other electrodes in the microlens. Thus, for example, when the light beam is misaligned with the microlens, the voltage differential causes the droplet, and hence the microlens, to realign itself with the beam.

US Patent:

6724626, Apr 20, 2004

Filed:

Apr 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/426462

Inventors:

Marc Scott Hodes - New Providence NJ
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H05K 720

US Classification:

361700, 361699, 257714, 165 804, 16510421

Abstract:

A heat-dissipating device is disclosed for use in an electronic device. This heat dissipating device includes a reservoir for holding a substance in a liquid state (e. g. , water) and at least one heat transfer point for transferring heat from a heat source, such as a component in the electronic device, to the liquid substance. Heat causes the substance to transform into a gaseous state due to the transfer of thermal energy from the heat source to the substance. A gas permeable membrane is used to permit the substance to escape the reservoir when it is in a gaseous state while, at the same time, preventing the substance from escaping when it is in a liquid state.

US Patent:

7013452, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/395956

Inventors:

Torben Baras - New Providence NJ, US
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Carsten Metz - Chatham Township, Morris County NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

716 15

Abstract:

An apparatus is disclosed that substantially reduces or eliminates the resonance that occurs in vias that connect the layers of a printed circuit board by electrically coupling a first transmission line in a circuit board to a second transmission line in a circuit board by two electrical paths having substantially the same electrical length. The two electrical paths are created by connecting the first transmission line to a first via which is in turn connected to a second via having a second transmission line with a plurality of connecting electrical paths between the two vias. In one illustrative embodiment, electrical traces are used to connect the top of the first via to the top of the second via and the bottom of the first via to the bottom of the second via.

US Patent:

7048889, May 23, 2006

Filed:

Mar 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/806543

Inventors:

Susanne Arney - Highland Park NJ, US
Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine - Warren NJ, US
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Mary Louise Mandich - Martinsville NJ, US
Michael J Schabel - Clark NJ, US
Joseph Ashley Taylor - Springfield NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G01N 15/06

US Classification:

422 681, 422 50, 422 55, 435 4, 435 71, 436501

Abstract:

A biological/chemical detector is disclosed that is capable of manipulating liquids, such as reagent droplets, without relying on microchannels. In a first embodiment, fluid flow is passed through the detector, thus causing particles wholly or partially containing an illustrative chemical compound or biological species to be collected on the tips of nanostructures in the detector. A droplet of liquid is moved across the tips of the nanostructures, thus absorbing the particles into the liquid. The droplet is caused to penetrate the nanostructures in a desired location, thus causing the chemical compound or biological species in said liquid droplet to come into contact with, for example, a reagent. In another embodiment, a fluid flow is passed through the nanostructured surfaces of the detector such that the chemical compound and/or biological species are deposited between the nanoposts of a desired pixel. A droplet of liquid is moved across the surface to that desired pixel and is caused to penetrate the nanostructures of the pixel, thus contacting a reagent.

US Patent:

7095377, Aug 22, 2006

Filed:

Oct 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/697498

Inventors:

Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Carsten Metz - Township Chatham, Morris County NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H01Q 1/34

US Classification:

343709

Abstract:

A light weight antenna system and corresponding lightweight transmission lines are disclosed that are characterized as having an extremely light weight relative to prior such systems and lines. An inflatable body having an inner surface connected to an outer surface with a plurality of support structures, such as connecting tubes. Antenna elements are disposed on the outer surface of the inflatable body to form, for example, a phased array antenna. Coaxial transmission lines are used to transmit signals to and from an antenna element and are, in one embodiment, created by disposing an inner conductor within the aforementioned connecting tubes. Such a transmission line may be utilized in a number of applications, such as to connect a base station to an antenna system of a wireless communications network. In another embodiment, quasi coaxial transmission lines are formed by disposing flexible membrane shields around a transmission elements.

US Patent:

7204298, Apr 17, 2007

Filed:

Nov 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/997795

Inventors:

Marc Scott Hodes - New Providence NJ, US
Paul Robert Kolodner - Hoboken NJ, US
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin - Warren NJ, US
Wonsuck Lee - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Todd Richard Salamon - Chatham NJ, US
Joseph Ashley Taylor - Springfield NJ, US
Donald P. Weiss - Cresskill NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

F28F 13/00

US Classification:

165 804, 361699

Abstract:

Techniques for heat transfer are provided. In one aspect of the invention, a heat-transfer device is provided. The heat-transfer device comprises one or more microchannels suitable for containing a heat-transfer fluid, one or more of the microchannels having protruding structures on at least one inner surface thereof configured to affect flow of the heat-transfer fluid through the one or more microchannels. The structures may comprise posts coated with a hydrophobic coating.

US Patent:

7425930, Sep 16, 2008

Filed:

Apr 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/115636

Inventors:

Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Carsten Metz - Chatham Township, Morris County NJ, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H01Q 9/38
H01P 3/12

US Classification:

343830, 343771, 333239, 333248

Abstract:

A light weight antenna system and corresponding lightweight transmission lines are disclosed that are characterized as having an extremely light weight relative to prior such systems and lines. An inflatable body having an inner surface connected to an outer surface with a plurality of support structures, such as connecting tubes. Antenna elements are disposed on the outer surface of the inflatable body to form, for example, a phased array antenna. Coaxial transmission lines are used to transmit signals to and from an antenna element and are, in one embodiment, created by disposing an inner conductor within the aforementioned connecting tubes. Such a transmission line may be utilized in a number of applications, such as to connect a base station to an antenna system of a wireless communications network. In another embodiment, quasi coaxial transmission lines are formed by disposing flexible membrane shields around a transmission elements.

US Patent:

7618746, Nov 17, 2009

Filed:

Mar 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/803576

Inventors:

Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine - Warren NJ, US
Alan Michael Lyons - New Providence NJ, US
Steven David Simon - Middletown NJ, US
Joseph Ashley Taylor - Springfield NJ, US
Brijesh Vyas - Warren NJ, US

Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
mPhase Technologies, Inc. - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

H01M 6/22
H01M 6/02

US Classification:

429188, 429122, 236 91 R, 977948

Abstract:

A cell-array battery is disclosed having end-of-life cells that can be activated at the end of a battery's life to, illustratively, neutralize the toxic chemicals inside the battery. In one embodiment, neutralization of the electrolyte in the battery is achieved through immobilization of the electrolyte at the end of the life of the battery by, for example, a vitrification process. Using electrowetting techniques, the electrolyte is made to contact a neutralizing substance between the nanostructures in one or more end-of-life cells, thus causing a reaction that results in the electrolyte becoming immobilized by, for example, a polymer substance. In a second illustrative embodiment, when the electrolyte contacts the substance between the nanostructures in one or more end-of-life cells, the chemical composition of the electrolyte is changed into a less toxic chemical compound, thus neutralizing the electrolyte.