Patents by Inventor Bernd Harand

Bernd Harand 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: 6643462
    Abstract: A variable viewfinder, for wide-angle camera shots includes three lens units. The first and third lens units, in the light direction, have negative refractive power whereas the second unit has positive refractive power. The lens units are arranged displaceably relative to one another, for changing the viewfinder magnification, in a telescope housing that includes an adaptor for insertion into a flash shoe on the camera. The first and third lens units are fixed in the telescope housing and the second lens unit is arranged in a variator that can be displaced in the telescope housing. The variator includes at least one guide pin which, through a curved track arranged in the telescope housing, engages in a longitudinal groove that runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the telescope housing. In addition, the variator is provided in a rotating ring pushed onto the telescope housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Leica Camera AG
    Inventors: Bernd Harand, Antje Brethauer
  • Publication number: 20020131777
    Abstract: A variable viewfinder, for wide-angle camera shots includes three lens units. The first and third lens units, in the light direction, have negative refractive power whereas the second unit has positive refractive power. The lens units are arranged displaceably relative to one another, for changing the viewfinder magnification, in a telescope housing that includes an adaptor for insertion into a flash shoe on the camera. The first and third lens units are fixed in the telescope housing and the second lens unit is arranged in a variator that can be displaced in the telescope housing. The variator includes at least one guide pin which, through a curved track arranged in the telescope housing, engages in a longitudinal groove that runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the telescope housing. In addition, the variator is provided in a rotating ring pushed onto the telescope housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: LEICA CAMERA AG.
    Inventors: Bernd Harand, Antje Brethauer
  • Patent number: 6346981
    Abstract: A lens testing device comprises a holder, fitted on a stand, for mounting a lens specimen, a test object illuminated from the rear, an imaging objective and a detector for evaluating the image of the test object. The imaging objective can be combined with the detector to form a unit. The lens specimen is an objective specimen and the test object is arranged in the focal plane of the objective specimen inside the holder. The imaging objective is a collimator objective and the detector is arranged in the focal plane of the collimator objective. Either the holder or the unit is pivotably supported on the stand and the holder and the unit can be pivoted relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Leica Camera A.G.
    Inventors: Peter Karbe, Rolf Crema, Joachim Kühn, Bernd Harand