Sighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778452-B2
Application number	US-201614990281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2016
Priority date	Feb 4, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A sighting device, including an optical element having a concave reflection surface and an aiming light source and forming in a visual field frame, comprises a main-body housing section that houses the optical element and the aiming light source and has an opening on an upper surface side, a cover member that covers the upper surface side of the main-body housing section, and a link mechanism that couples the main-body housing section and the cover member and moves the cover member with respect to the main-body housing section. The cover member is moved by the link mechanism between a closed position where the cover member covers the opening of the main-body housing section and an open position where the cover member is disposed in a position separated from the opening of the main-body housing section and forms an optical path of the aiming light.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sighting device including an optical element having a concave reflection surface and an aiming light source that emits aiming light toward the concave reflection surface of the optical element, the sighting device forming a light point of the aiming light emitted from the aiming light source in a visual field frame,
the sighting device comprising:
a main-body housing section that houses the optical element and the aiming light source and has an opening on an upper surface side;
a cover member that covers the upper surface side of the main-body housing section; and
a link mechanism that couples the main-body housing section and the cover member and moves the cover member with respect to the main-body housing section, wherein
the cover member is moved by the link mechanism between a closed position where the cover member covers the opening on the upper surface side of the main-body housing section and an open position where the cover member is disposed in a position separated from the opening on the upper surface side of the main-body housing section to lie above the main-body housing section and forms an optical path opening along an optical path of the aiming light emitted from the aiming light source on an inside of the main-body housing section.

2. The sighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member further includes a sidewall section that covers, when the cover member is disposed in the open position, a part of both side surfaces along the optical path of the aiming light emitted from the aiming light source.

3. The sighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is displaced further to a side where the aiming light source is disposed in a direction along the optical path opening when the cover member is disposed in the open position than when the cover member is in the closed position.

4. The sighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical element stands and reclines following the movement of the cover member.

5. The sighting device according to claim 4 , wherein
when the cover member is in the open position, the optical element is set in a standing state on the inside of the main-body housing section and disposed such that the reflection surface is opposed to the aiming light source, and
when the cover member is in the closed position, the optical element is set in a reclined state on the inside of the main-body housing section and disposed to be housed such that the reflection surface is substantially parallel to a surface including the opening of the main-body housing section.

6. The sighting device according to claim 4 , wherein
when the cover member is in the open position, the optical element is set in a standing state on the inside of the main-body housing section and disposed such that the reflection surface is substantially orthogonal to an optical path of the aiming light, and
when the cover member is in the closed position, the optical element is set in a reclined state on the inside of the main-body housing section and disposed to be housed such that the reflection surface is substantially parallel to the optical path of the aiming light.

7. The sighting device according to claim 1 , wherein a power supply section is further provided on the inside of the main-body housing section.

8. The sighting device according to claim 7 , wherein the power supply section is disposed further on a bottom surface side than a part where the optical element is disposed on the inside of the main-body housing section.

9. The sighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the main-body housing section further includes an accessory attaching section.

10. The sighting device according to claim 9 , wherein
the accessory attaching section further includes an electric contact, and
when the sighting device is mounted on an external apparatus via the accessory attaching section, the sighting device receives power supply from the external apparatus via the electric contact.

11. The sighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-source-position adjusting mechanism that performs position adjustment of the aiming light source.

12. The sighting device according to claim 11 , wherein the light-source-position adjusting mechanism displaces a position of the aiming light source independently in two directions, which are a direction parallel to the optical path of the aiming light emitted from the aiming light source and a direction orthogonal to the optical path.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Mochinushi Hidenobu

Classifications

• G02B27/34

  illuminated · CPC title

• G03B13/08

  with reflected image of frame · CPC title

• G02B27/36

  adjustable · CPC title

• G03B13/04

  of direct vision type, e.g. frame, sighting mark · CPC title

• G02B23/105 Primary

  Sighting devices with light source and collimating reflector (reflecting sights for small arms having light source F41G1/34) · CPC title