Patents by Inventor Arne Ekstrand

Arne Ekstrand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5493450
    Abstract: 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 tubular circuitry housing (32) joins lens housing (11) at right angles and has a light adjustment knob (58) which turns a printed circuit disk (42) against a contact (54) on an internal shoulder (39) to select a resistor connection (38, 46) to a spring-loaded common battery contact (49). A spring-loaded pin (73), passing through a recoil bar (70) having an arcuate projection (93) that fits within an arcuate recess (94), provides a shock-resistant connection between lens housing (11) and the firearm. Adjustment screws (31, 94) act at one end of bar (70) to set windage and elevation about the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventor: Arne Ekstrand
  • Patent number: 4402605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sight with an optical sighting instrument which includes a lens device with a concave, semi-transparent mirror which is disposed to reflect the image of a light source into the field of view of an eye which is directed towards the concave side of the mirror and observes a target through the lens device.According to the invention, the lens device (1-3), in which the mirror (1) is included, is optically combined with a second lens device (4) which is movably disposed with respect thereto, both lens systems (1-3 and 4) together forming one optical system which is substantially zero-refractive, that is to say neither magnifying nor reducing, and the second lens device is adjustable in two directions which are substantially at right angles to each other and to the major axis (O-F) of the concave mirror surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Assignee: Aimpoint AB
    Inventor: Arne Ekstrand