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Granted Patent B2
US 11,604,344 · App. 17/271,217 · Granted Mar 14, 2023

Dot sight

Inventors: Takashi Abe (Nagano, JP); Masatomi Iwanami (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: LIGHT OPTICAL WORKS, LTD.
G02B23/16F41G1/30G02B7/02G02B25/001F41G11/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,604,344
App. No.
17/271,217
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compact dot sight is provided, in which the inner cylinder is eliminated and no structure protrudes from the left and right side walls of a lens barrel. The dot sight includes: a lens barrel; objective lenses fixed to a front opening of the lens barrel; an eyepiece lens fixed to a rear opening of the lens barrel; a light source for projecting a point image from an inside of the lens barrel to the objective lens; a power supply circuit for supplying power to the light source; and a dot adjustment mechanism that has a holder of the light source and can adjust the position of the point image projected on the objective lens by moving the holder vertically and horizontally.

Claims (25)

1. A dot sight, comprising:

a lens barrel;

an objective lens, fixed to a front opening of the lens barrel;

an eyepiece lens, fixed to a rear opening of the lens barrel;

a light source configured for projecting a point image on the objective lens from an inside of the lens barrel;

a power supply circuit configured for supplying power to the light source; and

a dot adjustment mechanism, including a holder of the light source and capable of adjusting a position of the point image projected on the objective lens by moving the holder in an up-down direction and a right-left direction,

wherein

the lens barrel is configured such that a diameter of the front opening is larger than a diameter of the rear opening,

at least an inner surface shape between the objective lens and the eyepiece lens is substantially a truncated conical shape, and

there is no mechanical and optical structure other than the light source and the holder are present in an inner space between the objective lens and the eyepiece lens, and the point image is directly projected on the objective lens from the light source;

wherein the dot adjustment mechanism includes:

a first mechanism configured for moving the light source in the up-down direction; and

a second mechanism configured for moving the first mechanism in the right-left direction,

wherein the first mechanism includes:

the holder that holds the light source;

a spring that supports the holder;

a first screw that moves the holder in the up-down direction; and

a first guide pin that guides the holder in the up-down direction,

wherein the second mechanism includes:

first and second mobile objects that are provided in front of and behind the holder, extend in the right-left direction of the holder, and hold the holder to be movable in the up-down direction;

a second screw that penetrates the first mobile object in the right-left direction and moves the first mobile object in the right-left direction; and

a second guide pin that penetrates the second mobile object in the right-left direction and guides the second mobile object in the right-left direction.

2. The dot sight according to claim 1 , wherein

the power supply circuit and the dot adjustment mechanism are both provided on an upper side of the lens barrel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: ABE, TAKASHI; IWANAMI, MASATOMI
To: LIGHT OPTICAL WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055464/0676 →
Continuity (1)
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