Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359428000 | With reticle | 17 |
20090109529 | Method and Apparatus for Illuminating a Reticle - An apparatus has structure with a reticle oriented approximately parallel to and adjacent an imaginary plane. The structure includes on one side of the plane a portion transmissive to visible radiation, the portion having a surface that is spaced from and angled with respect to the plane, and that faces away from the reticle. A reticle illumination section emits radiation adjacent the surface. According to a different aspect, a method involves: providing a reticle oriented approximately parallel to an imaginary plane and disposed immediately adjacent the plane; providing on one side of the plane a structural portion that is transmissive to visible radiation; forming on the portion a surface spaced from the plane, oriented at an angle to the plane, and oriented to face away from the reticle; and emitting radiation adjacent the surface. | 04-30-2009 |
20090296210 | Aiming telescope having a range finder - An aiming telescope has an optical axis and a line of sight. Turrets are provided for adjusting the direction of the line of sight. A range finder is structurally connected with the aiming telescope. The range finder has a light source for emitting an emitted measuring beam. The emitted measuring beam runs outside the aiming telescope. It has a direction coinciding essentially with the direction of the line of sight. A transmission is provided for automatically adjusting the direction of the emitted measuring beam when the direction of the line of sight is adjusted. The light source is pivotably mounted on the aiming telescope. The transmission acts between the aiming telescope and the light source. | 12-03-2009 |
20110176207 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE - The invention relates to a sighting telescope comprising a beam splitter which is slanted relative to an optic axis and is configured between an objective and an ocular, further a projection element to generate onto the beam splitter a target mark visible from the ocular, said projection element being fitted with a light source, further two image planes between the objective and the ocular, of which a first image plane is nearer the objective and a second image plane is nearer the ocular, and a reversal system configured between the image planes, a reticle being situated in the first image plane and the target mark in the second image plane. | 07-21-2011 |
20110199677 | OPTICAL SIGHT - An optical sight is provided and may include a housing, at least one optic supported by the housing, and an illumination device associated with the at least one optic that selectively supplies the at least one optic with light. The illumination device may include a first fiber associated with a first light source and a second fiber associated with a second light source. A coupler may join the first fiber and the second fiber and may supply the at least one optic with light from at least one of the first light source and the second light source. | 08-18-2011 |
20110242650 | MULTI-FUNCTION TURRET KNOB - A turret knob comprises first and second adjustment members that are both adjustably positionable about an axis of rotation, and a slip/engagement member positioned between the first and the second adjustment members along the axis of rotation. The slip-engagement member is movable between three positions along the axis of rotation. In a first position, the slip-engagement member does not engage the first or the second adjustment members. In the second position, the slip/engagement member engages the first adjustment member to rotatably adjust only the first adjustable member about the axis of rotation as the slip/engagement member is rotated about the axis of rotation. In the third position, the slip/engagement member engages the second adjustable member to rotatably adjust only the second adjustable member about the axis of rotation. | 10-06-2011 |
20110261449 | Lockable Adjusting Device for Adjusting a Reticle Device - A setting assembly to adjust components linked to it, in particular to adjust the reticle of a sighting telescope, comprising an adjustment cap system which is rotationally supported on a coupling and which drives said setting assembly, said coupling being designed to transmit adjustment cap system displacements to components that can be connected to the coupling in order to transmit their setting(s) and a first locking element mounted on the coupling being able to engage a second locking element in a way that the position of the adjustment cap system can be fixed in place relative to the coupling. The first locking element is an at least segment-wise externally toothed collar and the second locking element is an at least segment-wise internally toothed locking ring. A resiliently supported detent at the coupling may engage by detent recesses an associated detent ring at the adjustment cap system. | 10-27-2011 |
20110279894 | OPTICAL SIGHT - An optical sight is provided and may include: a housing; at least one prism supported by the housing; an optical device disposed on the prism and including a longitudinal axis; and an illumination device associated with the optical device and operable to supply the prism with light via the optical device by supplying light to the optical device in a direction along the longitudinal axis. | 11-17-2011 |
20120113507 | RETICLE UNIT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A reticle unit equipped with an optical apparatus such as a riflescope includes: red and green light sources radiating red light and green light; a disc-like shaped reticle substrate that has a diffraction grating formed at substantially the center of a surface having substantially circular shape; and red and green mirror members converge light radiated from the red and green light sources, make incidence on the reticle substrate from corresponding side surface portions of the reticle substrate to illuminate the diffraction grating so as to emit first order diffracted light reflected and diffracted by the diffraction grating along a normal direction of the diffraction grating. | 05-10-2012 |
20120224258 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE WITH OPTIMIZED EXIT PUPIL - Regarding a sighting telescope comprising an objective and a reversing system, a first and second image planes respectively being configured between the objective and the reversing system and on a reversing system's side facing away from the objective, where an intermediate image projected by the objective into to the first image plane is reproduced into the second image plane, the invention stipulates an optical unit situated on the reversing system's side away from the objective to make visible the intermediate image in the second image plane. | 09-06-2012 |
20120281278 | Apparatus Including a Reticle, Assembly and Method for Operating the Same - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an assembly. The assembly includes a substantially tubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface forms a first passageway extending through the substantially tubular body; a first portion including one or more components disposed within the first passageway and connected to the inner surface, wherein the one or more components of the first portion include a reticle, a light-emitting diode, and a circuit board including a processor having a program, wherein the light-emitting diode is connected to the circuit board, wherein the program controls the light-emitting diode to emit one of at least three user-selectable colored lights upon the reticle; and a second portion including one or more components arranged upon the outer surface of the substantially tubular body, wherein the one or more components of the second portion includes at least one push button connected to the circuit board, wherein actuation at least one button provides an input to the processor to cause the program to control the light-emitting diode. A scope is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed. | 11-08-2012 |
20120293865 | Autoluminescence Reticle Embedded Scope - A scope with an autoluminescence reticle is provided, wherein the autoluminescence reticle is formed by coating autoluminescence materials on a glass. The autoluminescence reticle does not need a power supply, but can radiate light at night or under a low light environment. | 11-22-2012 |
20120307356 | Technique for Telescope Polar Alignment - A polar scope for a telescope mount includes a reticle having a pattern with multiple markings that allows users to accurately position pole stars for precise polar alignment. A system and mount may be provided including a polar scope of this kind. The polar scope may be provided with a controller that calculates the apparent position of a pole star, while accounting for errors, such as proper motion, precession of the earth's axis, and/or atmospheric refraction. | 12-06-2012 |
20130170027 | OPTICAL RANGEFINDER AND RETICLE SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE OPTICAL POWER SIGHTING DEVICES - A reticle system for a variable optical power sighting device includes front and rear reticles proximate respective front and rear focal planes of the device. Range-compensating features are provided, such as a scale and a pair of bracketing marks formed in the rear reticle which cooperate with an indicator mark formed in the front reticle. The indicator mark is radially offset from the optical axis it appears to move in the field of view along the scale in response to adjustment of the optical power to thereby indicate a measurement corresponding to a size of a distant target subtended in the field of view by the bracketing marks. A two-part electronic reticle system is also disclosed utilizing similar principles of operation. The rear reticle and scale may be electroformed to reduce cost and improve light transmission relative to a glass reticle. | 07-04-2013 |
20130308182 | OPTICAL SIGHT (VARIANTS) - The invention relates to an optical instrument-making industry, namely, to optical sights used for small arms shooting. | 11-21-2013 |
20130342903 | SUBSURFACE GLASS RETICLES - An optical instrument for light incoming along a principal optical axis includes a glass block and a subsurface object within the glass block. The subsurface object includes an arrangement of object marks. Each object mark includes a plurality of scattering layers stacked against the principal optical axis of the incoming light. First and second scattering layers of the plurality of scattering layers have different polarization responses. | 12-26-2013 |
20150323780 | DUAL FOCAL PLANE RETICLES FOR OPTICAL SIGHTING DEVICES - A dual focal plane optical sighting device, such as a riflescope, having two reticles, one of which is an electronic reticle. The optical system has an objective lens system, an eyepiece lens, and an erector system, with two focal planes, a first reticle at the first focal plane, and a second reticle at the second focal plane, and at least one of the reticles is an electronic reticle. | 11-12-2015 |
20160018188 | TELESCOPIC GUN SIGHT WITH TILTING OPTICAL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - This invention teaches an optical method for adjusting the point of aim in telescopic gun sights. A pair of thin wedge prisms are placed in the optical path of a telescopic gun sight such that they can tilt around an axis perpendicular to the optical axis of the sight. The sight's point of aim is adjusted by tilting the prisms. | 01-21-2016 |