Patents by Inventor Peter Baldwin Banks

Peter Baldwin Banks 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).

  • Methods of operating pyroelectric camera tubes
    Patent number: 4069502
    Abstract: A method of operating a pyroelectric camera tube having a normally provided electron beam emitting cathode and control grid G.sub.1 controlling the electron beam, and a gas in the interior space of the tube by applying positively-going pulses to the grid G.sub.1 during the period of the normally applied line blanking pulses. A circuit for producing the positively-going pulses is also disclosed which have the effect of increasing the target pedestal potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: English Electric Valve Company Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Nelson, Peter Baldwin Banks