US Patent Issued to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems on July 21 for "Superhydrophobic surface in thermal infrared imaging device" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,660, issued on July 21, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Superhydrophobic surface in thermal infrared imaging device" was invented by David Ovrutsky (Charlotte, N.C.) and Theodore R. Hoelter (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques are provided for preventing excessive accumulation of moisture onto a surface of an optical component of an imaging device. In one example, a method includes providing a bulk layer of an optical component of a thermal imaging system, wherein the bulk layer is configured to pass thermal radiation. The method further includes depositing ...