Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Infrared responsive
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-14
2010-10-19
Consilvio, Mark (Department: 2872)
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Infrared responsive
C359S434000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07816650
ABSTRACT:
An external optical relay assembly to allow an infrared camera with a fixed aperture to be used with a variety of fore optics, including refractive compound lenses, reflective telescopes, and reflective/refractive lenses, by providing an external, cooled aperture, that can be adjusted to provide effective f-number matching to the fore optic, allowing any f-number fore optic to be used with the infrared camera. This allows users of large families of similar telescopes, for example, to use their inventory of infrared Ritchie-Chrétien telescopes with a single infrared camera, regardless of f-numbers.
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Garman John
Gat Nahum
Consilvio Mark
Law Office of Robert E. Kasody, P.C.
Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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