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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:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas G Roberts, Huntsville, AL (US);
William F Otto, Huntsville, AL (US);
William L Gamble, Huntsville, AL (US);
Thomas E Honeycutt, Somerville, AL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503361 ; 374 32 ;
Abstract
A wire resistor is mounted so that its position may be rotated continuously. The resistance of the wire (when subjected to the high energy laser beam) is measured as a function of position by use of a bridge circuit for determining the resistance and a potentiometer for determining the position. This device may also be used to analyze moderate power (greater than 1 watt) cw laser beams but here it is necessary to chop the beam in order to obtain the data.