Patents by Inventor Dirk Dobermann

Dirk Dobermann 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).

  • Publication number: 20230273068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spectrometer for spectral analysis of electromagnetic radiation. The spectrometer comprises an entry slit for entry of the electromagnetic radiation to be analysed and an imaging grating for diffraction of the electromagnetic radiation which has entered. The spectrometer additionally comprises a detector extending at least in one direction to detect the diffracted electromagnetic radiation, and also a support plate in which the entry slit is located. The spectrometer further comprises a housing which is mounted on the support plate, covers the detector and the entry slit and supports the imaging grating. According to the invention the spectrometer further comprises at least three floating bearings for floating mounting of the housing on the support plate, the floating bearings each enabling a displacement between the housing and the support plate on a directional axis and being distributed about a central axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jens HOFMANN, Dirk DOBERMANN, Michael BARTH
  • Publication number: 20220252821
    Abstract: A guide component for joint guidance of at least two optical elements that are movable in relation to one another is described. The guide component comprises at least two separate planar sliding guide surfaces arranged with a fixed spatial alignment relative to one another, a first sliding guide surface comprising a first surface normal and being configured to rest against and slidingly guide a first optical element in relation to a second optical element, and a second sliding guide surface comprising a second surface normal and being configured to rest against and slidingly guide the second optical element in relation to the first optical element, the first surface normal and the second surface normal running parallel to one another in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Dirk Dobermann
  • Publication number: 20220137317
    Abstract: An optical assembly having at least a first optical element and a second optical element, both of which are arranged to be movable in a guided manner, is provided. A guide common to both optical elements is present, which provides a guide path that is common to both optical elements during the guided movement of the first optical element and during the guided movement of the second optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Dirk DOBERMANN
  • Patent number: 9625734
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel which comprises a housing and an arrangement of optical elements. At least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further comprises a stabilization system for the at least one movable optical element, which has an eddy current damper for damping movements of the at least one movable element. The stabilization system, in the event of a displacement of the at least one movable optical element, generates a restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity of the at least one movable optical element. The eddy current damper comprises a magnet system and an eddy current carrier interacting therewith. The restoring force generated by the eddy current damper is dependent on the amplitude of the displacement of the at least one movable optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Rainer Robotta, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann, Kurt Becker, Eckhard Roth, Tobias Thiele
  • Patent number: 9618769
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel, which has a housing and an arrangement of optical elements, wherein at least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further has a first passive stabilization system based on mass inertia for the at least one movable optical element, which, in the event of displacement of the at least one optical element relative to the housing, generates a first restoring force proportional to the displacement and a second restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity. The first stabilization system is designed for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements in a first frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Becker, Christian Bach, Georg Guenther, Dirk Dobermann
  • Publication number: 20150309327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a binocular long-range optical device, having a first optical channel, which has a first housing and a first arrangement of first optical elements in the first housing. The first arrangement has at least one first optical element movable relative to the first housing. A second optical channel has a second housing and a second arrangement of second optical elements in the second housing. The second arrangement has at least one second optical element movable relative to the second housing. At least one passive stabilization system based on mass inertia for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the first and second housings is provided. The at least one first movable optical element and the at least one second movable optical element are movable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk DOBERMANN, Rainer ROBOTTA, Georg GUENTHER, Jens HOFMANN, Kurt BECKER, Tobias THIELE
  • Publication number: 20140368911
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel, which has a housing and an arrangement of optical elements, wherein at least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further has a first passive stabilization system based on mass inertia for the at least one movable optical element, which, in the event of displacement of the at least one optical element relative to the housing, generates a first restoring force proportional to the displacement and a second restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity. The first stabilization system is designed for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements in a first frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kurt Becker, Christian Bach, Georg Guenther, Dirk Dobermann
  • Publication number: 20140320963
    Abstract: A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel which comprises a housing and an arrangement of optical elements. At least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further comprises a stabilization system for the at least one movable optical element, which has an eddy current damper for damping movements of the at least one movable element. The stabilization system, in the event of a displacement of the at least one movable optical element, generates a restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity of the at least one movable optical element. The eddy current damper comprises a magnet system and an eddy current carrier interacting therewith. The restoring force generated by the eddy current damper is dependent on the amplitude of the displacement of the at least one movable optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Rainer Robotta, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann, Kurt Becker, Eckhard Roth, Tobias Thiele
  • Publication number: 20130293956
    Abstract: An optical system for imaging an object is provided that is in particular embodied as binocular field glasses, as monocular field glasses, as a spotting scope or as a telescope. The optical system comprises at least one first objective, at least one first image stabilizing unit, and at least one first eyepiece. As seen from the first objective in the direction of the first eyepiece, the first objective is arranged first along a first optical axis in a first housing, followed by the first image stabilizing unit and then the first eyepiece. The first image stabilizing unit is mounted in a cardan-joint fashion in the first housing, rotatably about a first hinge point, wherein the first hinge point is arranged between the first objective and the first eyepiece. Furthermore, the optical system comprises at least one first drive unit for contactless driving of the first image stabilizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Karsten Kuhn
  • Patent number: 8243377
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Dieter Rink, Rainer Robotta, Kurt Becker, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20090303586
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Dobermann, Dieter Rink, Rainer Robotta, Kurt Becker, Georg Guenther, Jens Hofmann