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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106170 | SIGHT SYSTEM A sight system is provided which may be selectively used in a variety of different ways. In one example, the sight system may be positioned on a rifle to provide a rifle sight system. In this example, the sight system may be positioned on the rifle barrel a substantial ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120069431 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONNECTING BRIDGE The invention relates to an optical assembly comprising a connecting bridge to link up two optical units. The optical units are electronically connected to an analyzer. The connecting bridge is fitted each time with at least one coupling for each optical unit, said coup... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050854 | REMOTE CONTROLLED TELESCOPE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR SMALL TELESCOPES The present invention relates to a remote-controlled telescope lens cleaning system and a telescope fitted with the same.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120019642 | Portable Telescope A portable telescope that takes advantage of an offset optical pathway between the objective tube and eyepiece tube that allows adjustment of the eyepiece height independent of the objective tube elevation. A user-friendly, motorized, interactive, self-calibrating porta... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110292367 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM The disclosure generally relates to imaging optical systems that include a plurality of mirrors, which image an object field lying in an object plane in an image field lying in an image plane, where at least one of the mirrors has a through-hole for imaging light to pas... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110261448 | HOLDING APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND TELESCOPE The present invention provides a holding apparatus for holding an optical element with an edge whose thickness increases or decreases inwardly, the apparatus including a barrel having an internal diameter larger than an external diameter of the optical element, a suppor... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110228386 | LOW ORDER ADAPTIVE OPTICS BY TRANSLATING SECONDARY MIRROR OF OFF-APERTURE TELESCOPE In one or more embodiments, a beam control apparatus and method for correcting aberrations include an off-aperture telescope configured to receive a beam of electromagnetic energy, wherein the telescope includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222148 | HOLDING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS The present invention provides a holding apparatus including a structure and configured to hold an object so that a distance from a reference point of the structure to a reference point of the object in a direction along a reference axis is kept at a constant value, the... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110188113 | REMOTE LENS UNIT ASSEMBLY FOR LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER An assembly structure and method for housing a remote lens unit assembly of a laser Doppler velocimeter. The housing includes one or more transceiver telescopes and an optical window. The transceiver telescopes are aligned such that optical beams from the mounted optica... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110176205 | INTEGRATED TELESCOPE BAFFLE AND MIRROR SUPPORT A telescope design having an integrated baffle is disclosed herein. The integrated baffle is configured as both a baffle and a mirror support. The integrated baffle can be shaped to the F-cone between the primary and secondary mirrors of a given telescope design. The ba... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20100290111 | ASTROMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY WITH CORONAGRAPHS In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical device comprises a telescope, a coronagraph device coupled to the telescope and having a focal plane occulting mask to provide a coronagraphic image, and a reticulate grid element arranged in a light p... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100232014 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE An optical transmission device including a driving unit having a transmitting member, a guide member, a frame, a clipping unit and a flexible member is disclosed. The clipping unit has a main clip engaging with one side of the transmitting member, and a sub-clip engagin... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100142036 | ADAPTER FOR A CAMERA AND TELESCOPE The invention relates to an adapter (1) for securing a camera (2) or an optical measuring device onto a telescope (3). The adapter (1) comprises a platform (6) for securing the camera (2) and a cylindrical sleeve (4) for ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100123951 | LOW BACKGROUND FLUX TELESCOPE A telescope design is disclosed that has at least some of its interior facing surfaces configured with corner reflectors, so that a detector operatively coupled to the telescope views itself, instead of those surfaces. The corner reflectors may be on, for example, inter... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100097697 | HOLDING APPARATUS, TELESCOPE, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS A holding apparatus for holding an optical element includes: a barrel; a first member having one end connected to the barrel, and an opposite end located apart from the one end in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the barrel and outside the barrel; a second member... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100085634 | TELESCOPE A telescope includes: a concave mirror reflecting light from an object; an image pickup element receiving light from the mirror; a compensation optical system for guiding light from the mirror to the image pickup element; a lens barrel integrally holding the image picku... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100039702 | Weapon sight A weapon sight of the kind comprising a lens having a partially reflecting surface, a light source spaced from the lens for emitting light towards said reflecting surface to produce a light spot by direct imaging of said light source on said surface to be superimposed o... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100033808 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF LIGHT GATHERING USING ORTHOGONAL COMPRESSIONS TO FORM LARGE DIAMETER, SHALLOW DEPTH TELESCOPES Optical system for a telescope having independent optical arms adapted to collect light rays over a first cross sectional area and compress it into a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. Orthogonal mirror pairs of parabolic trough mirror... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100014160 | Extendable telescope An extendable telescope comprises a main barrel having a compensation lens group thereinside; an auxiliary barrel slidably disposed within the main barrel, the auxiliary barrel having a main lens group thereinside corresponding to the compensation lens group; and an ass... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100007948 | Telescope having a focus display A telescope having a focus display includes a tube assembly, a sensor and a focus display. The tube assembly has a first tube and a second tube connected within the first tube. The first tube has an opening. The sensor is provided on the second tube. The focus display i... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090323182 | Methods and Apparatus Providing Improved Visual Capabilities of Optical Instruments An apparatus for forming an image has one or more lenses in an optical path, at least one angular-sensitive light transmission filter in the optical path, in which transmission varies with change in angular orientation of the filter with reference to the direction of li... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090303586 | TELESCOPE A telescope has a joint for universally bearing an optical assembly in relation to a housing. The joint is designed as an elastic spring joint.... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090257118 | BEAM-SHAPING TELESCOPE A beam shaping telescope includes two mirrors having rotationally symmetric curvature inclined to the optical axis of the telescope. By selecting an appropriate curvature, spacing, and inclination of the mirrors, the telescope can be used to transform an astigmatic lase... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090244700 | TELESCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE The present invention provides a telescope system having enhanced capabilities for configuring and calibrating a telescope, operation and control of the telescope, and viewing of imagines from the telescope. The present invention employs a control system for controlling... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090244699 | REMOTE CONTROLLED TELESCOPE LENS COVER FOR SMALL TELESCOPES The present invention relates to a remote-controlled telescope lens cover and a telescope fitted with the same.... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090231693 | Device and Method for Demonstrating Optical Effects An optical system includes two lens systems, one that provides viewing of an object with relatively no spherical aberration, and another that provides viewing of the object with significant spherical aberration. Preferably, both lens systems provide viewing of the objec... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090225406 | OPTICAL TELESCOPE An apparatus for enhanced viewing of objects in two separate simultaneous frequency bands of light that is constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention includes a primary mirror and a moveable secondary mirror that is disposed above the primary... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090201582 | Binoculars having center-focusing and individual-focusing functions Binoculars having a center-focusing function and an individual-focusing comprise a telescopic base provided at an end thereof with a control sleeve which is connected to a left lens system in a left barrel and a right lens system in a right barrel through an adjusting p... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090195871 | METHOD OF DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF A TELESCOPE An automatic telescope (10) capable of determining an orientation without requiring input from a user or any external source. The telescope (10) preferably includes a database (22) to store astronomical information, a processor (24) to contro... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090161211 | Portable astronomical telescope A portable astronomical telescope includes the cylinder body, on which three telescopic legs are hinged through a joint to form a tripod stand. The bottom of aforementioned cylinder body is fixed by means of connection element and mounted with part box. On the bottom en... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090138233 | Surveying Instrument and Method of Providing Survey Data of a Target Region Using a Surveying Instrument A surveying instrument (11) comprises a telescope unit having imaging optics and an array of optical detector elements, orientation sensors detecting an orientation of the telescope unit, rotation drives for rotating the telescope unit about a horizontal and a ve... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090135478 | TELESCOPIC TUBE A telescopic tube includes an upper section tube and a lower section tube that are provided coaxially with each other. A plurality of connecting rods is provided between the upper and lower section tubes in parallel to the axis of the tube. Via the connecting rods, the ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090128899 | OPTICAL SYSTEM PROVIDING OPTICAL MAGNIFICATION An optical system for the magnification of an object presented to an image receiver. The optical system includes a frame configured to position at least one optical element between the object and the image receiver. The optical element includes a plurality of Galilean t... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090109528 | Top Angle focus scope A rifle scope has a front end receiving light and a rear end passing light to the user eye. The rifle scope has an elevation adjustment; an inside body is hollow and tubular and fitting inside a middle body which is also hollow and tubular shaped and a top angle focus a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 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 re... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090040600 | Telescope Adapter for Supporting a Camera A telescope adapter for supporting a camera includes a light beam splitter for receiving light from the telescope and dividing that light into a monitoring bundle of light rays and a recording bundle of light rays, the two bundles of light rays being at angle to each ot... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090015914 | SCANNING WIDE FIELD TELESCOPE AND METHOD A scanning wide-field telescope includes a primary reflecting mirror and a corrector assembly. The corrector assembly corrects light beams for spherical aberration imposed on the light beams by the primary reflecting mirror. The corrector assembly is located between the... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080259447 | Spectroscopy of exoplanets from a ground-based telescope In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical device comprises a telescope and a pipescope arranged as a spatial filter to light propagated through the telescope, to confine a field of view to θDL.... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080252964 | LIGHT COLLIMATING SYSTEM FOR SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPE Disclosed is a light collimating system for mounting at the primary focus of a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (SCT) in place of the secondary mirror. The system comprises a housing containing a plurality of lens elements optimized to reduce optical aberrations. The result... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080204867 | Bottle telescope A hand-held telescope or binocular built into a bottle or consumable drink container includes a high quality objective lens; an adjustable focus eye lens; and, optionally, a connector ring to form a binocular; a jacket, sleeve or cuzzi containing information regarding, ... | 08/28/2008 |
