skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Sighting optics including an optical element having a first focal length and a second focal length and methods for sighting

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176434

Sighting optics include a front sight and a rear sight positioned in a spaced-apart relation. The rear sight includes an optical element having a first focal length and a second focal length. The first focal length is selected so that it is about equal to a distance separating the optical element and the front sight and the second focal length is selected so that it is about equal to a target distance. The optical element thus brings into simultaneous focus for a user images of the front sight and the target.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
8,000,010
Application Number:
11/831,581
OSTI ID:
1176434
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Resolving Power of a Zone Plate* journal January 1967
Zone Plates and Their Aberrations journal January 1972

Similar Records

Sighting optics including an optical element having a first focal length and a second focal length
Patent · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · OSTI ID:1176434

An off-axis Cassegrain optimal design for short focal length parabolic solar concentrators
Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995 · Journal of Solar Energy Engineering · OSTI ID:1176434

Focus control system for stretched-membrane mirror module
Patent · Tue May 21 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · OSTI ID:1176434