Patents by Inventor Herve Chopy

Herve Chopy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5126629
    Abstract: Photomultiplier tube (10) segmented into a plurality of elementary photomultipliers (11), comprising a photocathode (12), a plurality of elementary electron multipliers (13) of the "apertured sheet" type, and a plurality of focusing electrodes (14) providing the convergence of the photoelectrons emitted by the photocathode (12) towards the elementary multiplier (13). In accordance with the invention, the homologous sheets (15) of the elementary multipliers are realised on one single segmented conductor wafer (16) having a neutral zone (17) separating the active apertured zones (18) constituting the different multipliers (13). The said focusing electrodes (14) can be made from one single conductor sheet (19) in which feedthrough apertures (20) are punched through which the photoelectrons are passed towards the elementary multipliers (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corp.
    Inventor: Herve Chopy
  • Patent number: 4983821
    Abstract: A photomultiplier tube having an electron multiplier comprising a dynode with an attachment lip (10) which is introduced into a slot (20) which is formed in a supporting board (30), the said slot (20) comprising, on the one hand, two outer supporting points (21a, 21b) against which the said attachment lip (10) bears with a first surface (11), and which supporting points have rounded end portions (22a, 22b) and, in addition, at least one central supporting point (23) on which the said attachment lip (10) abuts via a second face (12), which slot (20) comprises holes (24a, 24b, 25) which are located opposite the said outer supporting points (21a, 21b) and the central supporting point (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corp.
    Inventor: Herve Chopy