Patents by Inventor Ioannis Kalaitzis

Ioannis Kalaitzis 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: 9062970
    Abstract: A binocular telescope with an integrated laser rangefinder includes spatially separate first and second telescope tubes, each with an eyepiece and a focusable lens, that are connected by a folding bridge for setting eye spacing. The folding bridge has an eyepiece-side hinge body with first and second hinge eyes, and a spatially separate lens-side hinge body. The hinge eyes are connected to the telescope tubes. A rotary knob is mounted on a hinge shaft for focusing the lenses, which are arranged in the telescope tubes. A receiver of the laser rangefinder and an optoelectronic display element are disposed in the first telescope tube. A transmitter of the laser rangefinder is arranged on the lens-side hinge body, is flush with the hinge shaft, and emits a transmission beam parallel to an observation direction. The lens-side hinge body has first and second brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: LEICA CAMERA AG
    Inventors: Andreas Perger, Ioannis Kalaitzis, Ernst Pobenberger
  • Publication number: 20140176934
    Abstract: A binocular telescope with an integrated laser rangefinder, consisting of: separate first and second telescope tubes (1, 2), each with an eyepiece (3, 3?) and a lens (4, 4?) that can be focused, wherein the telescope tubes (1, 2) are connected to one another by a folding bridge for setting the eye spacing, the folding bridge contains an eyepiece-side and a separate lens-side hinge body (5, 6), the eyepiece-side hinge body (5) contains a first hinge eye (7) connected to the first telescope tube (1) and a second hinge eye (8) connected to the second telescope tube (2), which are connected to one another by a hinge shaft (9), on which a rotary knob (10) is mounted for focusing the lenses (4, 4?) arranged in the telescope tubes (1, 2), and wherein the receiver of the laser rangefinder and an optoelectronic display element are arranged in the first telescope tube (1) in a fixed arrangement with respect to the optical observation axis (18) of the first telescope tube (1) and, with the transmission axis (17) ther
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: LEICA CAMERA AG
    Inventors: Andreas Perger, Ioannis Kalaitzis, Ernst Pobenberger