Patents Assigned to Krauss-Maffei Corporation
  • Elevatable observation and target system for combat vehicles
    Patent number: 4742390
    Abstract: An elevatable observation and target for combat vehicles increases safety and the reaction velocity by a stabilized vision line camera, that is remotely controlled from the combat compartment with an adjustable focal width prepared on an elevatable platform, with the camera comprising angle indicators for the generation of the prevailing sight line coordinates and the platform being capable of following the sight line of the panoramic camera as a function of the angle indicator signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Corporation
    Inventors: Erwin Francke, Heinrich Adler