Patents by Inventor Jack D. Wimmer

Jack D. Wimmer 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).

  • Replacement assembly for an image intensifier device including fiber optic inverter expander
    Patent number: 5448671
    Abstract: The present invention is an image intensifier assembly that includes a Generation III image intensifier tube coupled to a single piece fiber optic inverter expander element. The single optical couple to the fiber optic expander element greatly enhances the overall performance parameters of the Gen III tube, as compared to traditional relay lens assemblies. The present invention image intensifier assembly can be directly substituted for a Generation II image intensifier tube assembly in a given application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Jack D. Wimmer, Mark S. Robinson
  • Image intensifier with fiber optic faceplates sealed with indium-bismuth alloy
    Patent number: 4039877
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently processing vacuum tubes containing microchannel plate electron multipliers. The vacuum tube body containing the microchannel plate is thermally treated under vacuum prior to sealing the tube faceplates by means of reversible melted metal seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventor: Jack D. Wimmer
  • Vacuum-tight metal-to-metal seal
    Patent number: 4005920
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently processing vacuum tubes containing microchannel plate electron multipliers. The vacuum tube body containing the microchannel plate is thermally treated under vacuum prior to sealing the tube faceplates by means of reversible melted metal seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventor: Jack D. Wimmer