Patents by Inventor Holger Wiegand

Holger Wiegand 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).

  • Publication number: 20060232858
    Abstract: An angular attachment has a housing (1) for fixing to an eyepiece (15) of a rangefinder camera (21) with laterally correct and height-correct representation of the finder image at an altered eyepiece angle, which contains a Bauernfeind prism (5) with double reflection in one plane as an image deflection element, a first region (A, A?) of a base area (4) of the Bauernfeind prism (5) is disposed downstream of the eyepiece finder (15), an area opposite to this region is formed as a reflective area (8) and is inclined with respect to the base area (4) in such a way that a ray (2) entering the first region perpendicularly is reflected onto a second region (B, B?) of the base area (4) at an angle of total reflection, and a light exit area (10) of the Bauernfeind prism (5) is inclined relative to the base area (4) in such a way that the totally reflected ray (9) impinges perpendicularly on the light exit area (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Karbe, Holger Wiegand
  • Patent number: 6621986
    Abstract: An optical lens arrangement for a rangefinder system in a photographic camera with a fixed viewfinder magnification SK and a fixed measuring base MB is configured to be coupled with a rangefinder eyepiece of the rangefinder system and is designed as an afocal telescope with a minimum 1.1 times and a maximum 1.7 times magnification SL. The magnification SL may be selected so that the product of the viewfinder magnification SK and the magnification SL is at least very nearly equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Leica Camera AG
    Inventors: Peter Karbe, Holger Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20030147639
    Abstract: An optical lens arrangement for a rangefinder system in a photographic camera with a fixed viewfinder magnification SK and a fixed measuring base MB is configured to be coupled with a rangefinder eyepiece of the rangefinder system and is designed as an afocal telescope with a minimum 1.1 times and a maximum 1.7 times magnification SL. The magnification SL may be selected so that the product of the viewfinder magnification SK and the magnification SL is at least very nearly equal to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: LEICA CAMERA AG
    Inventors: Peter Karbe, Holger Wiegand