Patents by Inventor Leo Pierre

Leo Pierre 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).

  • Compact image intensifier tube and night vision system fitted with such a tube
    Patent number: 8987671
    Abstract: An image intensifier tube and a night vision system fitted with such a tube. The tube body of the image intensifier tube includes a multilayer ceramic substrate fixed in a sealed manner to an input device and to an output device so as to assure leaktightness of a vacuum chamber delimited by the tube body. The multilayer substrate also maintains a microchannel plate arranged between a photocathode and a phosphorus screen, and supplies voltage to the photocathode, the plate, and the phosphorus screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Photonis France
    Inventors: Gert Nutzel, Leo Pierre, Matthieu Feuerstein, Carlo Kaiser, Pascal Lavoute
  • COMPACT IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE AND NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FITTED WITH SUCH A TUBE
    Publication number: 20110079715
    Abstract: An image intensifier tube and a night vision system fitted with such a tube. The tube body of the image intensifier tube includes a multilayer ceramic substrate fixed in a sealed manner to an input device and to an output device so as to assure leaktightness of a vacuum chamber delimited by the tube body. The multilayer substrate also maintains a microchannel plate arranged between a photocathode and a phosphorus screen, and supplies voltage to the photocathode, the plate, and the phosphorus screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: PHOTONIS FRANCE
    Inventors: Gert Nutzel, Leo Pierre, Matthieu Feuerstein, Carlo Kaiser, Pascal Lavoute