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US 12,698,948 B2Granted
Aiming device for firearm
AssigneeEOTech, LLC
InventorsAaron Hampton, Pyeongan Kim, Brian Socha, Conor Eckler
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Abstract
An aiming device for a firearm comprising a housing and a near infrared illuminator. The near infrared illuminator is positioned in the housing and is configured to output near infrared light with adjustable beam divergence to provide a field of illumination that is adjustable. The near infrared illuminator includes a divergence adjustment input positioned on an upper side of the housing that is movable by a user to adjust the beam divergence.
Claims22
An aiming device for a firearm comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a near infrared illuminator positioned in the housing and configured to output a beam of near infrared light with beam divergence that is adjustable to provide a field of illumination that is adjustable;
- wherein the near infrared illuminator includes a divergence adjustment input positioned on an upper side of the housing that is movable by a user to adjust the beam divergence;
- wherein the aiming device is configured to mount to a firearm;
- and
- wherein the divergence adjustment input includes a lever that is rotatable about a rotational axis that is generally perpendicular to a beam illuminator axis of the beam of near infrared light.
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An aiming device for a firearm comprising:
- a visible light aiming laser that outputs a beam of visible light;
- an infrared aiming laser that outputs a first beam of near infrared light that is aligned with the beam of visible light;
- an infrared illuminator that outputs a second beam of near infrared light with beam divergence that is adjustable;
- a chassis having a base and a housing coupled to the base, the base being configured to mount to the firearm and the housing containing the visible light aiming laser, the infrared aiming laser, and the infrared illuminator;
- a divergence adjustment input configured to receive a user input for adjusting the beam divergence of the second beam of near infrared light, the divergence adjustment input including a slide that is movable to receive the user input;
- an on-device actuation input configured to receive another user input to operate the visible light aiming laser, the infrared aiming laser, and the infrared illuminator wherein the slide is positioned on an upper side of the housing and is movable in a plane;
- and
- wherein the plane is generally parallel with a beam illuminator axis of the beam of near infrared light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.