Patents by Inventor Wilfried Thaler

Wilfried Thaler 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: 20240160030
    Abstract: The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Patent number: 11906755
    Abstract: The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Publication number: 20230040624
    Abstract: The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Swarovski-Optik KG.
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Patent number: 11493778
    Abstract: The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Publication number: 20200278560
    Abstract: The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Swarovski-Optik KG.
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Patent number: 10698229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device (1) with an observation beam path (8) and a graticule for aiming at a target, and with a laser rangefinder (15), wherein a transmitting beam path of a laser transmitter (16) runs at least partly in the observation beam path (8), and wherein in an objective housing (63) a joint is arranged and at least one lens of the objective (31) is mounted to be movable by means of the joint in the objective housing (63), and wherein the joint comprises a bearing housing (66) fixed in the objective housing (63) and a lens tube (64), and at an object-side end of the lens tube (64) a front objective lens system (61) of the objective (31) is arranged and an eyepiece side end of the lens tube (64) is mounted pivotably in the bearing housing (66).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Swarovski-Optik KG.
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Publication number: 20180024376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device (1) with an observation beam path (8) and a graticule for aiming at a target, and with a laser rangefinder (15), wherein a transmitting beam path of a laser transmitter (16) runs at least partly in the observation beam path (8), and wherein in an objective housing (63) a joint is arranged and at least one lens of the objective (31) is mounted to be movable by means of the joint in the objective housing (63), and wherein the joint comprises a bearing housing (66) fixed in the objective housing (63) and a lens tube (64), and at an object-side end of the lens tube (64) a front objective lens system (61) of the objective (31) is arranged and an eyepiece side end of the lens tube (64) is mounted pivotably in the bearing housing (66).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Swarovski-Optik KG.
    Inventors: Mario Dohr, Herbert Hermann, Thomas Salzburger, Wilfried Thaler, Rene Zangerl
  • Patent number: 6460815
    Abstract: A tripod adapter for firmly connecting binoculars with a tripod has a depression into which a connecting bolt present on the articulated axle of the binoculars is pushed, and a quick-acting closure for fixing the connecting bolt in the depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Swarovski Optik KG
    Inventor: Wilfried Thaler
  • Patent number: D818075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventors: Mario Zeppetzauer, Julian Pröll, Daniel Wilhelm, Wilfried Thaler