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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365924 | Sight tube pivot assembly An improved aiming tube pivot assembly for use in a sighting and/or aiming apparatus which comprises an aiming tube axially mounted within an outer tube (or housing). A support ring supports the aiming tube within the outer tube in a gimbal-like arrangement by means... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337650 | System and method for aligning sensors on a vehicle A vehicle sensor system consisting of video, radar, ultrasonic or laser sensors, oriented to obtain a 360 degree view around the vehicle for the purpose of developing a situation or scene awareness. The sensors may or may not have overlapping field of views, or supp... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7302880 | Ballistic shield with integral firearm A ballistic shield has a handle to allow for one arm deployment. The shield also includes an integral window and a firearm mounted to the shield that may be dischargeably operated in its mounted position. Optionally, a second firearm at a different orientation from ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7231862 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A self-contained gimbaled weapon system (GWS) has a shared azimuth axis and two independent elevation axes for a sighting device and a weapon cradle. The GWS allows the weapon cradle to be elevated completely independent of the sighting device. The GWS can be stabil... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222021 | Operator guiding system A base station is installed in a predetermined area where a large number of target points are studded around the station. When the operator moves a mobile station around the base station, display means is provided for both or either of the base station that guides t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192282 | Device and method for weapon sight This invention concerns a device for a weapon sight. The device includes a deflecting element (15) disposed in an optical path through the sight and comprising an optical wedge (17), and means (16) arranged to control the positional setting of t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188444 | Firearm orientation and drop sensor system A sensor system for detecting jarring, acceleration or other application of force to a firearm, and/or movement of the firearm into an undesired orientation, which includes a sensor array mounted to a firearm. The sensor array detects the excessive acceleration and/... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7114428 | Active armor protection system for armored vehicles A sensor system for defending armored vehicles against projectiles through the use of active armor. A thermal sensor detects a projectile's presence, and a laser proximity sensor determines its location. A doppler sensor distinguishes between threatening and nonthre... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089845 | Method and device for aiming a weapon barrel and use of the device A method for aiming a weapon barrel [B], wherein a target image [Z*] and a target marker [X] are displayed with the aid of an image visualization unit M. The rough aiming of the weapon barrel [B] is performed in a first phase, in a second phase, with the weapon barr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089844 | Device for electrically controlling an automatic weapon A device for controlling an automatic weapon is provided. Disposed on or in a housing detachably mounted on the weapon is an electric drive motor, controlled by an electric control device, that drives a threaded spindle having a spindle nut on which is disposed a dr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7032495 | Combat vehicle having an observation system A combat tank is converted into an artillery observation tank without requiring removal of the main gun. The combat tank is converted by integrating retrofitted equipment necessary for the artillery observation, especially the navigation system (12), into the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7006285 | Range binoculars Disclosed is a pair of range binoculars that, when the pupil distance is adjusted, is free from a deviation of the optical axes and undesirable influences on the electronic parts resulting from vibration caused by the adjustment, is capable to show the measured dist... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001030 | System, method, and apparatus for improving the stealth capability of an optical instrument A tube-mounted inclined optical flat for improving the stealth capability of an optical aperture is disclosed. The optical flat has a light-absorbing finish on its rear surface, and is mounted in front of existing instrument optics. The light from the scene being vi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6935218 | Weapon aiming system The invention relates to an elevation laying system for a weapon mounted on a vehicle. It comprises first positioning means for the weapon along a wide elevation range with respect to a first axis of rotation offset with respect to the center of gravity of th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6729223 | Attachment device for observation means The invention relates to an attachment device for observation and/or scrambling or other effect means at the end of the cannon of an armored vehicle. It incorporates a rigid substantially parallelepiped body, one face of which is shaped to fit the outer wall ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6708597 | Weapon aiming An aiming system for a trajectory weapon such as a ground launcher, machine gun, mortar, or the like. The aiming system is attached to a conventional mount for the involved weapon. Also disclosed is a method of sighting in a weapon which employs the aiming system. | 03/23/2004 |
| 6460447 | Weapon aiming An aiming system for a trajectory weapon such as a ground launcher, machine gun, mortar, or the like. The aiming system is attached to a conventional mount for the involved weapon. Also disclosed is a method of sighting in a weapon which employs the aimin... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6445497 | Optical sighting system An optical sighting system includes at least one optical channel with which there is associated at least one reticle. The reticle includes at least one mark which demarcates a blind spot, which is visible to an observer using the optical sighing system an... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6123006 | Retrofit extended vision module for weapon system optical sight An optical sight for a weapon system is upgraded with a retrofit module that provides both gunner sighting at the eyepiece and video transmission of the image the gunner sees to a remote location such as, for example, the helmet display of the commander f... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6012376 | Gun sight system for a military vehicle An optical gun sight system for an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank supported in a lower housing which may be attached to the fixed internal upper housing in the turret of the tank. An adapter plate is provided which has two sets of openings, one to align wit... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5937562 | Optical accessory An apparatus for converting an optical device for night use, the apparatus including a housing, a clamping mechanism coupled to the housing and adapted to clampingly engage an end of the optical device, and a image intensifying instrument disposed in the ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5892617 | Multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device and method of its operation A multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device includes a single first lens and a single eyepiece lens and provides an image of a scene. The single first lens leads to a visible-light first optical path and to an invisible-light seco... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5737866 | Device for adapting a shooting aid onto an individual fire-arm Device for adapting shooting aids onto an individual fire-arm (1) at the vicinity of the front portion of the barrel, characterized in that it is comprised of a fixed element (8) integral with the fire-arm, and a removable element (13) which can be made i... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5672840 | Method and apparatus for automatically orienting a computer display An automatically oriented computer display for a targeting computer used in connection with a shoulder-fired missile launcher. A computer operator member of an air defense team will read a computer display from a handheld targeting computer so as to give ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5648633 | Elevation sight mount for a piece of artillery An elevation sight amount for a piece of artillery includes a support to accommodate a goniometer and two perpendicular spirit levels to check the verticality of the goniometer. The support is rotatably mounted around an axis oriented perpendicular to a l... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5629492 | Technique for eliminating undesirable reflections from optical systems Undesirable reflections from an element in an optical system are eliminated y passing incoming light through a polarizer and a 45° optical rotator before it strikes the reflective element. The reflected light component is again rotated 45° by the rotator... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5493450 | Sighting instrument An electronic light dot reticle sight (10) for a firearm has a concave surface lens (22) in a tubular lens housing (11) and an external LED (25) connected via a fiber optic (26) to generate a light point image viewable ahead of the concave surface. A tubu... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5481957 | Aiming and pointing system for ground based weapons equipment Azimuth and elevation information relating to ground based weapons equipment is inputted to a north finding system. The system determines angular azimuth and elevation errors and transmits signals to a display arrangement for indicating the direction to r... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5408778 | Extended-range gun sight mounting system A gun sight mount used in association with a gun barrel, such gun sight mount positioned on a axially rotatable shaft member disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the gun barrel, offsetting such sight mount to a side of such gun barrel. A handle cause... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5379676 | Fire control system The present invention is a fire control system. The fire control system comprises a manually aimed gun having a sighting device and a device for acquiring a target. The acquiring device is disposed at a location remote from the gun. The fire control syste... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5339720 | Modular and reconfigurable episcopic sight The invention relates to an episcopic sight usable for observation and firing by day or night on a vehicle equipped with a gun. The sight includes an assembly of interchangeable moduli grouping the optical elements, particularly made of a head modulus 1 c... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5280744 | Method for aiming towed field artillery pieces Each towed field artillery piece in a battery of field artillery pieces uses a heading reference system having a "slave" azimuth gyro, pitch and roll angle sensors and a readout display for correcting azimuth and elevation during a fire mission. A master ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5245909 | Automatic sensor alignment A problem faced by designers of advanced electronic military equipment is the strigent angular alignment requirement of aircraft avionics and weapon system sensors. Meeting the alignment requirements in the case of advanced systems presents an ever-increa... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5225626 | Azimuth determination method A method for measuring the azimuth angles of grenade launcher tubes quickly nd directly, uses an easily fabricated, portable fixture and a commercially available hand-held electronic compass. There is not need for a precise set-up of complex equipment or m... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5204489 | Modular and reconfigurable episcopic sight The invention relates to an episcopic sight usable for observation and firing by day or night on a vehicle equipped with a gun. The sight includes an assembly of interchangeable moduli grouping the optical elements, particularly made of a head modulus 1 c... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5197691 | Boresight module An optical arrangement for use in boresighting a plurality of optical paths utilized in a missile beam guidance system, to the target trackers used therewith. A boresight module optical bed supports a plurality of retro-reflective optical assemblies in a ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5180881 | Beam steered laser for fire control Fire control apparatus (30) comprises a gun (32) for firing a projectile at a target (T). The gun is mounted on a platform (36) which is subject to vibratory motion. A laser unit (40) generates a laser beam directable at the target. A gunner (G) directs a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5172056 | Magnetic field transmitter and receive using helmholtz coils for detecting object position and orientation The radiator and the sensor each comprise three pairs of Helmholtz coils which are disposed along three orthogonal axes respectively. The coils are wound in pairs of grooves which have different depths and are recessed in a cubic support. The radiator and... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5168222 | Signal processor circuit with signal multiplexing, sampling and multiplying for processing orthogonally received signals in electromagnetic position detection system The system comprises a radiator, a sensor (21) fixed to the moving object, a circuit for processing the signals from the sensor in order to determine their amplitudes and a computation processor with a base of processing algorithms. The system also has a ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5103713 | Imaging target sight An optical missile sight that provides a gunner with the ability to view along a missile line of sight in order to sight a potential target prior to missile launch. The sight comprises an imaging telescope, an optical coupling arrangement that comprises (... | 04/14/1992 |
