US Patent Issued to The Secretary of State for Defence on June 16 for "Ionisation chambers" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,316, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Secretary of State for Defence (London).

"Ionisation chambers" was invented by Morgan Jones (Reading, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides for an ionisation chamber suitable for the detection of radioactive gas in air. The chamber has an annular collection electrode and an annular polarising electrode, each electrode having a diameter, a proximate end and a distal end, the proximate ends of both electrodes being fixed at a base plate, wherein each electrode is supported by an insulator, wherein the insulator supporting polarising electrode comprises an outer r...