Patents by Inventor Robert Kay Kirschner

Robert Kay Kirschner 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: 4082432
    Abstract: An on-axis, optical head-up display device, for use in fixed installations, vehicles or aircraft, utilizes a single block of transparent acrylic resin with the upper surface curved and coated to form a collimating mirror. The block itself is comprised of two major portions cemented together with a transparent bonding material wherein the resulting interface forms a combining surface. A generated image is transmitted from the focal plane of the collimating mirror upwardly through the combining surface; then it is reflected downwardly by the collimating mirror back to the combining surface which in turn serves to combine the generated image with a background view. The combined image is viewed by an observer through a back window of the block. Optical aberrations are reduced by extending the material of the block to the focal plane of the collimating mirror where an image generator is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Sundstrand Data Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Kay Kirschner