Patents by Inventor Norman D. Wodecki

Norman D. Wodecki 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).

  • Shock resistant cascaded microchannel plate assemblies and methods of use
    Patent number: 5510673
    Abstract: Shock resistant microchannel plate assemblies incorporating stacked or cascaded microchannel plates, and to methods of their use are disclosed. High-output amplification tubes of the photomultiplier type, or of the image intensifier type, having a plurality of sequentially arranged, or cascaded, electron multiplier microchannel plates are also disclosed. More particularly the present invention relates to a high output photomultiplier tube or image tube having cascaded microchannel plates radially constrained by an annular insulating ring. In another aspect of the present invention image intensifier tubes or photomultiplier tubes may include a tapered ceramic high voltage stand-off. Moreover, a method of making such tubes is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman D. Wodecki, Charles B. Johnson, Kevin D. Wheeler