Bolometer mounting means for use in coaxial transmission lines

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A BOLOMETER ELEMENT FOR INSERTION IN A COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE BOLOMETER MOUNT COMPRISING A THIN DISC OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, A FIRST PAIR OF CENTRALLY CONCAVE ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACES DISPOSED DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON A FIRST FACE OF SAID DISC, SAID ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACE OF SAID FIRST PAIR BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AT THEIR ENDS BY A PAIR OF SMALL GAPS DISPOSED DIAMETICALLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, A CENTRALLY POSITIONED CONDUCTIVE SURFACE ON SAID FIRST FACE AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OF AID ARCUATE SURFACES BY A SMALL GAP ADJACENT THE MID-REGION OF EACH OF SAID ARCUATE SURFACES, A SECOND PAIR OF CENTRALLY CONCAVE ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACES DISPOSED DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE OTHER FACE OF SAID DISC AND IN SUBSTANTIAL REGISTRATION WITH THE FIRST PAIR OF ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACES, A CENTRALLY POSITIONED CONDUCTIVE SURFACE ON SAID OTHER FACE, MEANS FOR PROVIDING CONDUCTIVE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE CENTRALLY POSITIONED CONDUCTIVE SURFACES ON OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID DISC AND ALSO BETWEEN TWO REGISTERING ARCUATE SUFACES ON OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID DISC, AND A BOLOMETER ELEMENT CONDUCTIVELY CONNECTED ACROSS ONE OF SAID GAPS ON SAID FIRST FACE BETWEEN SAID CENTRALLY POSITIONED CONDUCTIVE SURFACE AND THE ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACE HAVING CONDUCTIVE CONTINUITY WITH A REGISTERING ARCUATE CONDUCTIVE SURFACE ON SAID OTHER FACE OF SAID DISC.