Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
042120000 | With a collimating or sighting-in device | 7 |
20090193704 | Night sight and method of making the same - A night sight includes a notched bottom portion, permitting the use of a large objective lens for maximized light gathering capability while also permitting the night sight to be mounted with its center line relatively close to the center line of the barrel of the weapon with which it is used. This configuration permits the night sight to be mounted so that its center line is the same as the center line of a daytime telescopic sight used in conjunction with the night sight. The night sight includes a focusing assembly having decreased sensitivity to tilt or decenter, and a collimator mounted within a spherical bearing so that the collimator may be precisely aligned during assembly of the night sight. The night sight thereby ensures that an image viewed through the night sight appears to originate from the same angle as that with which the image entered the objective lens, and further resists a need to compensate for parallax during aiming. | 08-06-2009 |
20100251593 | Device for Automatic Calibration of Scopes for Firearms - This patent defines a device for automatic calibration of optical sights for firearms. Only one shot has to be fired to achieve this. The device can be integrated with an optical sight or fitted as a separate unit mounted on the sight. | 10-07-2010 |
20110041377 | Dual Mode Reflex and Telescopic Sight Combination - A combined reflex/telescopic sight that includes a telescopic optical element train and a view window, offset from the optical element train. A transition assembly is positioned to receive light from the optical element train and the view window and has an image display, a collimating lens-set positioned to transmit light to the image display and a luminous reticle. This assembly may be placed in a first mode wherein light from the optical train travels through the collimating lenses to the image display and light from the view window is blocked. In a second mode light from the optical train is blocked and light from the luminous reticle travels through the collimating lens set and is combined with light from the view window and a resulting combined image appears at the image display. Finally an actuation assembly is adapted to permit a user to switch the transition assembly between modes. | 02-24-2011 |
20120017486 | Firearm and Archery Sighting Device - A sighting device includes a sighting target having a generally planar piece of material with horizontal and vertical indicia that segment the material into four quadrants. Two upper quadrants are separated from two lower quadrants by the horizontal indicia and two left side quadrants are separated from two right side quadrants by the vertical indicia. The juncture of the horizontal and vertical indicia defines a bulls-eye, the bulls-eye also having indicia indicative of a target. The target may be included in a kit having various tools for measuring lateral and vertical distances between an actual impact point and the bulls-eye that indicate appropriate numbers of clicks to be made to a sighting scope mounted to a weapon such as a rifle, compound bow, or crossbow. | 01-26-2012 |
20140150326 | Process to Optically Align Optical Systems on a Weapon - A process to optically align optical systems on a weapon is disclosed. Several different embodiments of the system and method are disclosed. The use of this process/system will ensure a well aligned weapon with mounted optical systems. It can find applications in aligning rifle scopes, aiming lasers, laser range finders, tactical engagement simulation lasers, e.g., MILES, etc. | 06-05-2014 |
20140360081 | Precision Guided Firearm With Hybrid Sensor Fire Control - A precision guided firearm (PGF) includes a trigger assembly and an optical device coupled to the trigger assembly. The optical device includes an optical sensor configured to capture video of a view area and includes at least one motion sensor. The optical device is configured to process video frames of the video to determine a distance between an aim point of the PGF and a selected location on a target and to determine a trajectory of the aim point based on the video frames and motion data from the at least one motion sensor. | 12-11-2014 |
20160040960 | RUBBER BAND MOUNTED RETICLE LEVELING DEVICE FOR USE IN LEVELING TELESCOPIC RIFLE SIGHT - A device for aligning a telescopic sight includes two opposing reference cards connected to each other within a common plane by a connecting bar and a level indicator on a surface of at least one card. The alignment device is attached to the front or rear scope base of a firearm, so that the front surfaces of two opposing reference cards appear on either side of the reticle. Once the alignment device is secured to the scope base of the firearm, the reticle may be aligned with the bore axis by rotating the telescopic sight until the horizontal cross hair is parallel with any corresponding pair of reference lines of the reference cards. The alignment device can also include an adapter that allows the alignment device to be mounted to a firearm by coupling to a corresponding slot of a mounting platform. | 02-11-2016 |