Angle mirror with backup sight
AssigneeRheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH
InventorsThorsten Reif, Friedrich Von Solms
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Abstract
The invention relates to an angle mirror including a backup sight. The angle mirror includes a housing connected to a mirror head and a lower part. An objective is arranged outside of the housing and is connected to the housing by an optical connection, for example a fiber optic line, that does not require electrical power or current to transmit the image from the objective. The mirror head and the objective provide separate images to a first insight and a second insight, respectively. The objective functions as a backup or auxiliary sight of the surrounding environment even in the event of a power failure.
Claims19
An angle mirror system comprising:
- an angle mirror comprising:
- a housing;
- a lower part connected to the housing;
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- a mirror head connected to the housing;
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- an objective arranged outside the housing and connected to the angle mirror by an optical connection comprising an optical fiber line.
An angle mirror system mounted to a vehicle having a vehicle body, the angle mirror system comprising:
- an angle mirror comprising:
- an angle mirror housing connected to the vehicle body;
- a mirror head connected to the angle mirror housing and extending above the vehicle body to an exterior of the vehicle, the mirror head configured to have a first field of view of surroundings exterior to the vehicle;
- a lower part connected to the angle mirror housing and extending below the vehicle body into an interior of the vehicle;
- a first insight connected to the lower part and positioned in the interior of the vehicle, the first insight configured to view the first field of view from the interior of the vehicle;
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- a second insight;
- an objective connected to the vehicle and positioned distant from the angle mirror, the objective comprising:
- an objective housing;
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- a lens connected to the objective housing and configured to have a second field of view of the surroundings exterior to the vehicle, the second field of view is different from the first field of view;
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- a fiber optic line connected to the objective and in communication with the second insight, the fiber optic line configured to transmit the second field of view of the surroundings exterior to the vehicle to the second insight for view of the second field of view from the interior or the vehicle, wherein a transmission of the second field of view to the second insight and the view of the second field of view from the interior of the vehicle requires no electrical power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.