Patents by Inventor J. Richard Anderson

J. Richard Anderson 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: 6204961
    Abstract: An integrated day and night sighting system and a laser rangefinder apparatus includes a daylight objective lens having a night light corrector lens mounted adjacent to and coaxially with the daylight objective lens and having an eyepiece lens. An image converter module may be an image intensifier for night light use and is movably supported for movement between a daylight position out of the light path and a night light position in the light path. The image converter is positioned to focus the night light optics thereon and for the eyepiece lens to view the image intensifier screen. A night primary objective mirror is positioned to reflect light from the night objective lens and a night secondary mirror is positioned to receive light from the primary objective mirror and to focus the night light onto the image converter when the image converter is in the night light position. This allows a refractive day sight to be integrated with a reflective night sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Richard Anderson, Larry G. Jones, David Shafer, James E. Gibson