Integrated variable view optical adapter for an optical scope

US11474339B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Ethan Patrick O'Connor · Hamilton, US
• David Scott Diwinsky · West Chester, US
• Wayne Ray Grady · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B26/0833
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to an optical adapter for an optical scope. The optical scope includes a tube defining a conduit. The optical adapter is coupled to an end of the tube. The optical adapter defines a proximate end and a distal end. The optical adapter includes a casing defining a longitudinal direction. The casing includes a first wall and a second wall, in which the first wall and the second wall define a first viewing port therebetween. The second wall defines a second viewing port. The optical adapter further includes a hinge coupled to the first wall, a reflecting lens defining a first end separated from a second end in the longitudinal direction, in which the first end is coupled to the hinge, and an actuator coupled to the first wall and to the second end of the reflecting lens. The actuator pivots the reflecting lens about the hinge from a retracted position adjacent to the first wall to an extended position toward the second wall.