Semiconductor laser alignment device
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorBon F. Shaw
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Abstract
A semiconductor laser alignment device for aiming a laser light beam, broast by a weapon, along an optical light path such that the laser light beam is in alignment with the aiming direction of the weapon at a target which is located a predetermined distance from the weapon. The semiconductor laser alignment device comprises a tubular housing attached to the barrel of the weapon, a laser diode located within the tubular housing for broadcasting the laser light beam, and a projecting lens for collimating the laser light beam broadcast by the laser diode. Zeroing means connected to the laser diode positions the laser diode such that the laser light beam broadcast by the laser diode is in alignment with the line of sight of the weapon.
Claims12
A semiconductor laser alignment device comprising in combination:
- a tubular housing having at the back end thereof a rear end plate, said rear end plate having a trio of apertures located near the periphery thereof;
- a weapon having a barrel, the barrel of said weapon being fixedly attached to the rear end plate of said tubular housing;
- light source means located within said tubular housing adapted for broadcasting a laser light beam along an optical light path;
- means threadably connected to the front end of said tubular housing adapted for collimating the laser light beam broadcast by said light source means;
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- zeroing means mounted within said tubular housing and having said light source means connected thereto for positioning said light source means such that the laser light beam broadcast by said light source means is in alignment with the aiming direction of said weapon.
A laser light aiming device comprising, in combination:
- a tubular housing having at the back end thereof a rear end plate, said rear end plate having a trio of apertures located near the periphery thereof;
- a lens retainer cap assembly threadably connected to the front end of said tubular housing;
- a projecting lens mounted within said lens retainer cap assembly;
- a diode retainer plate positioned within said tubular housing near the front end thereof, said diode retainer plate having a quartet of apertures, one of which is located at the center of said diode retainer plate, and the remainder of which are located near the periphery of said diode retainer plate;
- a laser diode screw mounted within the aperture located at the center of said diode retainer plate;
- a trio of tubular shaped support members, each tubular support member of which is mounted within one of the trio of apertures of said rear end plate;
- a trio of adjustment screws, each adjustment screw of which passes through one of the apertures located near the periphery of said diode retainer plate, and through one of said trio of tubular shaped support members, and each adjustment screw of which has an aperture passing through the head thereof;
- a trio of adjustment nuts, each adjustment nut of which is threadably connected to one of said trio of adjustment screws;
- a trio of compression springs, each compression spring of which is mounted around the periphery of one of said trio of adjustment screws;
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- a locking ring passing through the aperture of the head of each of said trio of adjustment screws.
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