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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:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J Pedder, Great Rollright, GB;
Paul Watson, Little Brington, GB;
Richard A Bache, Northampton, GB;
Assignee:
Plessey Overseas Limited, Ilford, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503383 ;
Abstract
A thermal detector of the type comprising an array of discrete detector elements each of which is supported by a common supportive layer, each of which is provided in thermal contact with a corresponding collector of radiation absorbent material, the area of each collector being larger than the area of the corresponding detector element, characterized in that contact between each collector and the supportive layer is restricted to an area lying substantially within and displaced from the edge periphery of said collector.