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Headgear mounted display visor

US4755023A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Filing dateOct 27, 1986
Grant dateJul 5, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0132
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A visor for mounting on a helmet adapted to be worn by an individual, includes a substantially transparent visor having an inner concave surface, and, with reference to an orthogonal, right-handed xyz Cartesian coordinate system of spatial reference having its origin located on the inner concave surface and its z-axis parallel to the line of sight of the individual wearing the helmet, the inner concave surface being defined by a cross-section of the visor in the x-axis of reference, which is symmetrical about both the origin and the y-z plane of reference, having one-half of the cross-section of the visor in the x-axis of reference being a first circular segment containing the origin at one end and connected to its opposite end to one end of a first paraboloid segment which is connected at its opposite end to one end of an elliptic segment whose opposite end forms a side boundary of the visor, and by a cross-section of the visor in the y-axis of reference having a second circular segment, one end of which forms an upper boundary of the visor and an opposite end connected to one end of a third circular segment having its opposite end connected to one end of a second paraboloid segme…

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