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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Howard, Natick, MA (US);
Irving R Abel, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250216 ; 250352 ; 250353 ; 350443 ;
Abstract
An improved optical system for thermal imaging systems using wide field of view optics in conjunction with large detector arrays in which a detector cold shield, system aperture stop and scanning subassembly are placed in substantially the same location such that the size of the scanning optics is minimized and cold shielding efficiency is maximized.