Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Infrared responsive
Patent
1977-11-30
1980-03-18
Smith, Alfred E.
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Infrared responsive
62514R, 165 81, 165185, G01J 100
Patent
active
041941195
ABSTRACT:
An assembly for transferring heat at cryogenic temperatures across an interface space between a relatively fixed refrigerated cold finger and a relatively movable Dewar vacuum flask having an infrared detector array mounted therein. The interface assembly is formed of two opposing thermal conducting plates which are spring loaded so as to be in intimate contact with both the end face of the cold finger and a face of the opposite side of the mounting element for the detector array in the Dewar vacuum flask. A flexible thermal conductor element surrounds the spring and is securely connected to the opposing plates to complete the thermal conduction path between the flask and the cold finger. A first preferred embodiment of the assembly utilizes a bellows shaped flexible thermal conductor which allows the plates to make intimate contact with their corresponding faces even though the faces may be oriented in non-parallel configurations. The second embodiment of the assembly utilizes a helical wound coil of thermal conductor which also allows the plates to reorient themselves as necessary to make intimate contact with the corresponding faces.
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Fields Carolyn E.
Ford Motor Company
Godwin Jr. Paul K.
Sadler Clifford L.
Smith Alfred E.
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