Patents by Inventor Anton Hale

Anton Hale 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: 7999921
    Abstract: In a geodesic measuring instrument with a fixing device for positioning the measuring instrument and with a measuring component having an optical beam path for surveying a target, whereby the measuring components are mounted in an aligning component that can be moved relative to the fixing device, and can be moved relative to the aligning component, an optical beam path is modified by at least one piezoelectric micromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Leica Geosystems AG
    Inventors: Christoph Herbst, Heinz Bernhard, Anton Häle
  • Publication number: 20080297760
    Abstract: In a geodesic measuring instrument (4) with a fixing device (8) for positioning the measuring instrument (4) and with a measuring component (7) having an optical beam path for surveying a target, whereby the measuring components (7) are mounted in an aligning component (5) that can be moved relative to the fixing device (8), and can be moved relative to the aligning component (5), an optical beam path is modified by at least one piezoelectric micromotor (1b, 1c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Christoph Herbst, Heinz Bernhard, Anton Hale
  • Patent number: 7412770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adjusting the angle of a sighting unit towards a target, in particular for a geodesic-measuring instrument. The inventive device comprises a reference base, at least one bearing for mounting the sighting unit thereon in such a way that it is pivotable with respect to said reference base around an axis, a gear for accurately adjusting an angle of rotation around said axis between the sighting unit and the reference base and a coupling unit for limiting or interrupting a torque flux around the axis. The gear and the coupling unit are in series arranged in the torque flux between the sighting unit and the reference base. The torque flux is carried out around the axis between the sighting unit and the reference base by means of the gear and the coupling unit when it is non-interrupted thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Leica Geosystems AG
    Inventor: Anton Häle
  • Publication number: 20060117583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adjusting the angle of a sighting unit towards a target, in particular for a geodesic-measuring instrument. The inventive device comprises a reference base, at least one bearing for mounting the sighting unit thereon in such a way that it is pivotable with respect to said reference base around an axis, a gear for accurately adjusting an angle of rotation around said axis between the sighting unit and the reference base and a coupling unit for limiting or interrupting a torque flux around the axis. The gear and the coupling unit are in series arranged in the torque flux between the sighting unit and the reference base. The torque flux is carried out around the axis between the sighting unit and the reference base by means of the gear and the coupling unit when it is non-interrupted thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Leica Geosystems AG
    Inventor: Anton Hale