Patents by Inventor Rainer Hofmeister

Rainer Hofmeister 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).

  • Adaptor in form of a spectral converter
    Patent number: 4166953
    Abstract: An afocal spectral converter as adaptor for existing aiming and sighting devices for the conversion for instance of a heat picture into a visible picture. The arrangement includes the combination of an infrared picture receiving unit with a picture reproducing unit in such a way that the entire system has the enlargement 1:1. The connection of the adaptor with the main device is such that the optical axis of the picture receiving unit is parallel to the optical axis of the main device, and the parallel ray bundle of the picture reproducing unit is so imaged into the main device that the latter will not be influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Industrie Automation GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Josef F. Menke, Rainer Hofmeister