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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. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark L DeLong, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Jack H Parker, Columbus, OH (US);
Elizabeth A Beecher, Columbus, OH (US);
Scott A Milligan, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356371 ; 738656 ; 73571 ;
Abstract
A liquid mercury optical scintillator for simulating atmospheric laser scintillation effects is described which comprises a partially bounded mercury pool, a transducer operatively connected to the the pool for coupling vibrational energy to the surface of the pool, and a detector for measuring spatial irradiance variations in a laser beam reflected from the vibrating mercury surface which variations correspond to probability distributions matching atmospheric In-normal statistics.