Patents by Inventor Theodore E Bloomhardt

Theodore E Bloomhardt 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).

  • Gun sight for use with superelevating weapon
    Patent number: 9052158
    Abstract: A gun sight is disclosed herein for use with a weapon configured for superelevation. The gun sight includes, but is not limited to, an imaging system configured to capture an image of an area down range of the imaging system, to display the image on a display unit having a display, and further configured to rotate in elevation. The gun sight further includes, but is not limited to, a drive mechanism configured to rotate the imaging system. The gun sight still further includes, but is not limited to, a processor communicatively coupled with the drive mechanism and with the imaging system, the processor configured to receive information from the imaging system relating to the image and to control the drive mechanism based on the information to rotate the imaging system in a manner that causes the image to remain on the display when the weapon is superelevated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: General Dynamics—OTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Piazza, Theodore E Bloomhardt, John Grover Fletcher, III, Vladimir G. Krylov, Craig N. Pepper, Peter C Wolff