ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,688, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Protective member for infrared imaging system with detachable optical assembly" was invented by Vu L. Nguyen (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques are provided for protecting an infrared imager of a wafer level package. In one example, a method includes maintaining a protective member in a first position blocking an aperture of a wafer level package of an imaging system to protect an infrared imager disposed within the wafer level package. The method also includes attaching an optical assembly to the imaging ...