Compact Second Generation FLIR kit

US5479016A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• John J. Curry · Alexandria, US
• Robert C. Guckian · Alexandria, US
• John M. Hall · Alexandria, US
• Hendrik K. Sijgers · Reston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 26, 1995
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01J5/047
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A GEN II FLIR kit having two assemblies mounted on a common platform, the rst comprising a dewar, integral cooler, and imaging optics with scanner folded into a compact unit and the second assembly comprising a set of afocal optics with wide and narrow fields of view.