Patents by Inventor Georg Guenther

Georg Guenther 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: 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20080049893
    Abstract: A rotary device (1) is provided for an optic tomograph, with the sample carrier (4) with the object (5) to be examined being rotational around a predetermined axis (6) of the object, with the rotary device (1) having a rotary module (8; 15), which can cause a rotation around a first rotary axis (10), a first positioning module (7) connected to the rotary module (8), by which the first rotary module (8; 15) can be positioned along the first rotary axis (10), and a second positioning module (9; 11; 12; 16; 17) connected to the rotary module (8; 15), at which the sample carrier (4) with the object (5) to be examined can be fastened, allowing the axis (6) of the object to be positioned in reference to the first rotary axis (10) by the second positioning module (9; 11, 12; 16; 17) such that a rotation of the rotary module (8; 15) rotates the object (5) around the axis (6) of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Karlheinz BARTZKE, Georg GUENTHER, Ralf WOLLESCHENSKY, Michael WEGWERTH