Patents by Inventor Gilbert J. Islas

Gilbert J. Islas 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).

  • Direct view optical sight with integrated laser system
    Patent number: 9632304
    Abstract: A direct view optical sight including an integrated laser rangefinder. One example of the sight includes an eyepiece, an objective providing an optical aperture and configured to direct electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene to the eyepiece, an erector tube assembly coupled between the eyepiece and the objective, the laser rangefinder configured to transmit and receive laser radiation, and a beam combiner assembly mounted to the erector tube assembly and positioned between the erector tube assembly and the objective, the beam combiner assembly configured to combine the laser radiation and the electromagnetic radiation to allow the laser rangefinder to transmit and receive the laser radiation via the optical aperture of the objective, and to maintain optical alignment of the laser rangefinder and the viewed scene during movement of the erector tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Waterman, Robert B. Chipper, Gilbert J. Islas, James Allen McIntosh, John R. Staley, III, James M. Florence
  • DIRECT VIEW OPTICAL SIGHT WITH INTEGRATED LASER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160223805
    Abstract: A direct view optical sight including an integrated laser rangefinder. One example of the sight includes an eyepiece, an objective providing an optical aperture and configured to direct electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene to the eyepiece, an erector tube assembly coupled between the eyepiece and the objective, the laser rangefinder configured to transmit and receive laser radiation, and a beam combiner assembly mounted to the erector tube assembly and positioned between the erector tube assembly and the objective, the beam combiner assembly configured to combine the laser radiation and the electromagnetic radiation to allow the laser rangefinder to transmit and receive the laser radiation via the optical aperture of the objective, and to maintain optical alignment of the laser rangefinder and the viewed scene during movement of the erector tube assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Waterman, Robert B. Chipper, Gilbert J. Islas, Jim A. McIntosh, John R. Stalely, III, James M. Florence