US Patent Issued to OCEAN OPTICS on March 4 for "Electromagnetic optical shutter with movable permanent magnet and integrated aperture" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,199, issued on March 4, was assigned to OCEAN OPTICS INC. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Electromagnetic optical shutter with movable permanent magnet and integrated aperture" was invented by Brian McGee (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This patent document provides optical shutter devices based on electromagnetically activated shutters using a printed circuit board ("PCB") structure to provide a coil that generates a magnetic field to move a permanent magnet in and out of an optical aperture integrated as part of the PCB structure to open and close the passage of light through the optical aperture."

The patent was filed on June 9, ...