Patents Assigned to Optech International, Inc.
  • Removable shutter for a camera
    Patent number: 7899311
    Abstract: The present invention is a camera system having a rigid camera frame to receive a removable shutter and serve as a releasable attachment point for the camera lens system and image receiving means. An adaptor and wedge have complementary contact points that allow constant alignment and orientation of the system components after removal and reattachment without recalibration or realignment. The camera system may be used in a photographic imaging system such as an airborne reconnaissance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Optech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kearney, Peter Hammond, Philip Frank Marino