Patent · US Expired

Supported getter

US4146497A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1973
Grant dateMar 27, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 14, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12944
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a supported getter device comprising a metallic support structure consisting of a three-dimensional network defining a multiplicity of inter-connecting free cells and a particulate getter material substantially filling at least some of said free cells. This invention also relates to a getter device comprising at least one attachment zone of a compressed three-dimensional metal network attached to at least one supported getter material zone comprising a three-dimensional metal network. Methods of making the getter devices are described.

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