EP2005103B1 - Complément de vision nocturne pour lunette de visée montable sur une arme a feu - Google Patents

Complément de vision nocturne pour lunette de visée montable sur une arme a feu Download PDF

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EP2005103B1
EP2005103B1 EP07723994A EP07723994A EP2005103B1 EP 2005103 B1 EP2005103 B1 EP 2005103B1 EP 07723994 A EP07723994 A EP 07723994A EP 07723994 A EP07723994 A EP 07723994A EP 2005103 B1 EP2005103 B1 EP 2005103B1
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Oscar Turienzo
Giorgio Salvo
Dusan Zadravec
Hans-Peter Kobelt
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/06—Rearsights
    • F41G1/16—Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
    • F41G1/28—Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor wedge; cam; eccentric
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/32—Night sights, e.g. luminescent

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  • the invention relates to a night vision attachment mountable on a firearm and intended for a sighting telescope according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a night vision attachment mountable on a firearm and intended for a sighting telescope is connected in front of the sighting telescope for night operation thereof, which telescope can be likewise fixed to the firearm in a known manner. Because in general only optical radiation of low intensity is available in night operation, observations by means of a sighting telescope optical system in the form of a day vision optical system can no longer be carried out.
  • the night vision attachment which has a night vision optical system for receiving and for amplifying radiation of low intensity, night operation of the sighting telescope is permitted by connecting the night vision attachment in front of the sighting telescope; for example, night vision attachment and sighting telescope are connected to one another by fixing to the weapon, by plugging on or by screwing on.
  • the term night is not to be understood as meaning a period of time but a situation with light conditions which no longer permit observation using a customary day vision optical system.
  • the night vision attachment connected in front of the sighting telescope has a large objective of the generic type for receiving as high a proportion as possible of radiation and a low-light-level amplifier for amplifying the radiation.
  • the radiation received in the attached fast night vision objective and amplified in the low-light-level amplifier is then projected by an eyepiece of the attachment into the sighting telescope objective, from where the radiation, after passing through the customary telescope optical system, is accessible to a marksman as an image.
  • the attachment is removed again and the sighting telescope is used as such, this sighting telescope remaining - on the firearm - in the mounted position in order to avoid putting the arrangement or the orientation relative to the weapon out of adjustment.
  • Sighting telescopes are mainly used for military purposes, the sighting telescope being mounted on the firearm, in particular a gun, for aiming at targets.
  • the night vision attachment is connected in front of the sighting telescope and likewise mounted on the firearm.
  • sighting telescopes - and night vision attachments - are used on marksmen's guns.
  • a marksman's gun has, for example, a total length of more than 1 m and, for example, a barrel length of about 0.7 m. In the case of these guns, extremely high accelerations occur on shooting. The energy of the backward movement of the weapon parts - the recoil - is absorbed by the inertia of the weapon and by the marksman.
  • night vision attachment and/or sighting telescope are mounted in an unstable manner, for example too high, on the firearm, an imbalance occurs at the recoil caused by the translational and rotational momentum of the shot, and components of the system may break .off.. This constitutes a safety risk for the marksman.
  • the - camouflaged - marksman is also in danger if he has to perform movements, for example for operating the night vision attachment, which make it possible for the enemy to locate him.
  • the night vision attachment is present outside the - convenient - range of the marksman, so that the latter has to perform a conspicuous movement if he wants to actuate a operating device on the night vision attachment.
  • the activity of a marksman often requires him to remain in the same position for hours with the gun in the shooting position and the sighting telescope to his eye.
  • the telescope If the telescope is mounted in an elevated position, the marksman must constantly "stretch his neck" when observing and sighting.
  • the safety of the marksman who should as far as possible not move in order to avoid being located by the enemy, is endangered and, on the other hand, the health of the marksman, is endangered by the unnatural posture.
  • An elevated arrangement also impairs the stability of the arrangement.
  • the night vision objective of the attachment is formed larger than the day vision objective of the sighting telescope, owing to the abovementioned light intensity.
  • the objective of the night vision attachment has a diameter of about 80 mm and the objective of the sighting telescope has a diameter of about 40 mm. Accordingly, the respective housings - the housing of the night vision attachment and the housing of the sighting telescope - which surround the respective optical systems differ in their size.
  • the radiation emerging from the night vision attachment substantially along the optical axis of the attachment is therefore not on the optical axis of the sighting telescope, which axis - owing to the size difference mentioned - is offset in height relative to the attachment axis. Consequently, the combined arrangement is complicated, in particular with regard to its stability.
  • Arrangements are known in which, for compensating the size difference, the sighting telescope is mounted in an elevated position in such a way that its optical axis coincides with the optical axis of she night vision attachment which is connected in front and, owing to the large objective, is higher.
  • Alternative arrangements mount the night vision attachment on the sighting telescope in order thus to be able to mount the slighting telescope as close (low) as possible to the firearm.
  • the radiation received in the night vision attachment is then reflected by means of a periscope-like optical system into the objective of the sighting telescope.
  • Such arrangements extended in height are, however, imbalanced particularly during recoil due to a shot and are inconvenient systems for the marksman.
  • this arrangement accordingly has a large parallax - for example of 7 cm to 10 cm - which the marksman additionally has to take into account as a correction factor in his ballistic calculation.
  • the high arrangement endangers the camouflage of the marksman.
  • the German utility model DE 20 200 866 U1 describes a night vision attachment for a sighting telescope being arranged on a firearm by using an adapter, the night vision attachment having an attached housing with an objective lens, a low-light-level amplifier, an optical assembly, in particular a prism system, and an ocular lens.
  • US 5, 434, 704 provides a night vision sight for a firearm with an optical assembly providing an axis offset in order to improve aiming the firearm at the target.
  • EP 0 152 418 discloses a night vision instrument with a high speed optical system which projects an image of an object onto a photocathode of an image intensifier tube or similar device.
  • incident light passes an objective, prism and eyepiece, the optical axis of which is perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective, and is guided via a mirror to a daylight telescope.
  • the instrument extends well over its bottom side and, therewith, its centre of gravity is located high above the bottom. Therefore, applied forces e.g. occurring on shooting would cause instability of the instrument and, with it, would lead to a demolition of the instrument.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a night vision attachment which can be fixed on a firearm and is intended for a sighting telescope, which night vision attachment is formed in such a way that it can be connected in front of the sighting telescope and that a stable arrangement of sighting telescope with night vision attachment connected in front on the firearm is permitted.
  • a further object is to provide a night vision attachment which can be fixed on a firearm and is intended for a sighting telescope, with improved handling properties and operability.
  • a night vision attachment for a sighting telescope is formed in such a way that an axial offset of the radiation entering the objectives of the night vision attachment is achieved in the attachment itself, the offset being in the direction of the optical axis of the sighting telescope downstream of the attachment. Because the radiation is offset in the direction of the optical axis, in particular on to the optical axis, of the telescope or of the objective of the telescope in the night vision attachment itself, it is possible to arrange attachment and telescope so that the respective bottoms of the housings rest substantially directly on the same support surface, for example a rail, and thus to mount the entire arrangement as close as possible to the housing of the firearm, in particular hand-holdable or hand-held firearm. An extremely stable system which furthermore permits a more pleasant operating posture for the marksman is thus provided.
  • the arrangement as close as possible to the weapon housing.
  • the radiation offset in the night vision attachment the radiation is guided in the attachment itself onto an optical axis which substantially corresponds to the optical axis of the sighting telescope.
  • the attachment can therefore be connected directly in front of the telescope and fixed in such a way that the bottom of the attachment and the bottom of the telescope lie in substantially the same horizontal plan, the side to be mounted on the weapon being defined as the bottom.
  • neither elevated mounting of the telescope in order to bring its optical radiation-receiving axis into coincidence with the optical radiation exit axis of the night vision attachment nor a periscope-like reflective arrangement for reflecting the night vision radiation into the telescope is required. Because the radiation emerging from the attachment eyepiece is already substantially on the optical axis of the - radiation-receiving - telescope objective, it can be received directly and in collimated form by it.
  • the designation sighting telescope includes telescopes which can be fixed on a firearm and are formed for sighting a target so that it will be reliably struck.
  • the telescope generally has a cross hair which is adjustable laterally and in height.
  • the marksman determines the operating parameters of the telescope and firearm which enable him to strike the target in a controlled manner.
  • the arrangement of the sighting telescope mounted for day operation on the weapon is retained in night operations
  • the night vision attachment is attached in front of the mounted gun for night operation or is removed from the gun for day operation.
  • the arrangement on the firearm is chosen as close as possible to the weapon housing, inter alia for reasons of stability.
  • a night vision attachment connected in front of the sighting telescope - or a sightings telescope downstream of the night vision attachment - an arrangement is defined in which the attachment or the attachment housing is arranged - substantially directly - in front of the sighting telescope or the telescope housing, so that the radiation emerging from the attachment can be received by means of the telescope without intermediate optical components.
  • the exact angular position of night vision attachment and telescope - the parallelism of the optical axes of night vision attachment and telescope - is not critical, so that the line of sight or accuracy of strike in the night is not adversely affected.
  • sighting telescope and night vision attachment are formed in such a way that they can be connected in a simple manner by means of plugging, "clicking” or screwing.
  • the optical arrangement of the night vision attachment comprises an objective of the night vision attachment, a radiation amplifier, an optical, assembly for radiation offset, which advantageously also acts as an image inversion system, and an eyepiece of the night vision attachment.
  • the attachment may also have further optical components, for example for guidance and/or correction of the beam path.
  • the sighting telescope is designed in a customary manner. It has a telescope objective for receiving radiation, for example having a diameter of from 40 mm to 50 mm. It furthermore has a telescopes eyepiece through which the marksman or an observer can view the received radiation as an image.
  • the sighting telescope generally has - as mentioned above - at least one crosshair.
  • the night vision attachment In night operation, the night vision attachment is connected in front of the sighting telescope. Radiation emanating from an object or a scene is collected in the objective of the night vision attachment and amplified in the radiation amplifier. In the case of a low-light-level amplifier as a radiation amplifier, the objective of the night vision attachment focuses the radiation on to the entry window thereof. In the low-light-level amplifier, the radiation is electronically amplified and appears as a brighter visible image on the exit window of the amplifier. By means of the eyepiece of the night vision attachment, the amplified image radiation is projected on to the telescope objective and passed from there by means of optical telescope components to the observer.
  • the radiation received in the objective of the night vision attachment is passed along a first axis to an optical assembly in the night vision attachment.
  • the radiation is guided from the first axis - which substantially corresponds to the optical axis of the attachment objective - onto a second axis substantially parallel thereto.
  • This parallel second axis substantially corresponds to the optical axis of the eyepiece of the night vision attachment and also to the optical axis of the sighting telescope.
  • an appropriately formed optical assembly for example a Porro system of the 2 nd type, for example, a beam offset of 25 mm or more of the radiation passesl substantially along the optical axis of the attachment objective is achievable for an objective of a nigh vision attachment, which objective has a diameter of about 80 mm - the radiation offset in this manner can then be received, for example, substantially on the optical axis of a 40.
  • mm objective of the sighting telescope if the respective bottoms of housings of night vision attachment and sighting telescope are in the same horizontal plane.
  • the formation and arrangement of the optical assembly is chosen in particular so that as high a proportion as possible of the radiation collected in the attachment objective is passed to the attachment eyepiece and further to the sighting telescope.
  • radiation can be delivered to the eyepiece of the sighting telescope in a quantity such that the exit pupil of the eyepiece of the sighting telescope is substantially completely illuminated. This facilitates the positioning of the eye at the eyepiece. In comparison, in known systems in which only a small area of the exit pupil is illuminated, precise positioning of the eye is necessary in order to be able to recognize the image.
  • the optical assembly for axial offset of the radiation is arranged, for example, between radiation amplifier and eyepiece of the night vision attachment.
  • the assembly is additionally formed as an image inversion system.
  • a prism and/or lens system is used as an optical assembly.
  • a Porro system of the 2 nd type both the beam offset and the image inversion can be achieved.
  • the night vision attachment according to the invention in combination with a sighting telescope is suitable in particular for assault rifles and marksmen's guns, as described above.
  • night vision attachment and sighting telescope can be mounted close to the gun housing, with the result that the system is more compact, more convenient and more stable.
  • the night vision attachment according to the invention it is possible to provide a marksman who uses the sighting telescope with the night vision attachment on a firearm with an arrangement improved in particular with regard to convenience and safety.
  • At least one first and/or second mechanical switching device/operating device for a night vision attachment for safe operation by the marksman is furthermore provided within the scope of the invention.
  • the first or second mechanical switching device has a cordless connection or cable connection to a first and/or second electronic switching device in the attachment.
  • the electronic switching device By means of the electronic switching device, settings of the night vision attachment can be changed in a known manner; for example it is possible to switch the electronic radiation amplifier on and off and to regulate the amplifier power.
  • the first mechanical operating device may be in the form of a rotary and/or key switch and is mounted, for example, on the housing of the night vision attachment.
  • the second mechanical operating device can likewise be in the form of a switch, such as a rotary and/or key switch. Since, owing to the great length - as mentioned above - of the gun and hence arrangement of the night vision attachment generally outside the convenient range of the marksman, an undesired movement is required for operating a switching device on the attachment housing, the second mechanical switching device is arranged away from the attachment housing. In particular, the second mechanical switching device is arranged away from the housing of the attachment by a distance approximately corresponding to the longitudinal dimension of the sighting telescope, for example close to the trigger of the gun or near or on the marksman. The second mechanical switching device according to the invention therefore permits, if required, actuation directly at the marksman.
  • the design of the second mechanical switching device may comprise, for example, a cable arranged on or around the sighting telescope and having a control knob, the control knob being arrange in a position convenient for the marksman.
  • the cable connects the control knob, for example, to the first electronic switching device.
  • the night vision attachment may have a second electronic switching, device, for example a microswitch, in which case the first electronic switching device can be actuated by means of the first mechanical switching device, and the second electronic switching device by means of the second mechanical switching device.
  • the night vision attachment can also be formed only with one electronic and two mechanical switching devices, the electronic switching device being capable of being actuated by means of the first and/or second mechanical switching device.
  • the second mechanical switching device is removable and exchangeable and can be led to the marksman on the right or left for good operability both for right-handed and for left-handed marksmen.
  • the advantage of the mounting of a night sighting telescope NZF as explained above is further shown in figure 5 .
  • the night sighting telescope NZF fixed on a rail and comprising sighting telescope and night vision attachment from figure 3 is mounted here as a sighting device on a gun.
  • the gun has a housing G with snapped-in magazine M, a shoulder support 8 with thumb hole 9 and a barrel R.
  • the barrel R is inserted into the sleeve H of the housing G and screwed to said sleeve.
  • the night sighting telescope NZF is mounted on the barrel R, the mounting shown being purely by way of example.
  • FIG 6 shows a further working example of a night sighting telescopes NZF' on la gun, in this case an assault rifle SG.
  • the assault rifle SG is supported on a bipod 10 so that a marksman who is crouching or lying under cover on the ground can conveniently operate the gun.
  • the night sighting telescope NZF' mounted by means of a mounting rail S' on the gun has, analogously to.the working example from figure 4 , an external mechanical switching device for operating the electronic switching device of the night vision attachment.
  • a cable connection exists between the operating switch 11' representing the external mechanical switching device and the electronic switching device of the night vision attachment.
  • the cable 12' is led along the mounting rail S' and the gun and is fixed by means of clips.
  • the cable 12' is coiled several times.
  • the cable can of course also be taut.
  • the operating switch 11' is mounted on the assault rifle SG in a position readily accessible for the marksman.
  • the external mechanical operating device is advantageously arranged away from the attachment housing - from the housing end on the attachment eyepiece side - by distance corresponding at least to the longitudinal dimension of the sighting telescope.
  • FIG. 7 A working example of an external mechanical switching device is shown in figure 7 .
  • the external mechanical switching device - "remote control" - is in the form of rotary switch 11a.
  • the intensity of the image amplified in the low-light-level amplifier of the night vision attachment can be regulated and the low-light-level amplifier can be switched on and off.
  • a fixing component 11a' for fixing - for example on the gun - is coordinated with the rotary switch 11a.
  • the rotary switch 11a is formed in such a way that it can be fixed and conveniently operated in all angular positions between 0° and 360°. Consequently the mounting position of the rotary switch 11a can be adapted to respective gun types, gun holders or preferences of the marksman.
  • the operating switch 11a can also be arranged on the right or left of the night sighting telescope or gun.
  • the arrangement can be effected on the gun, for example close to the trigger, or close to the marksman, or directly on the marksman, for example on his shoulder or hip strap.
  • the external mechanical switching device according to the invention is shown in the figures in association with the night vision attachment according to the invention. However, the external mechanical switching device according to the invention is of course also suitable for alternative night vision attachments.
  • FIG. 8A shows a pressure and rotary switch 11b as an operating device of the electronic switching device of the night vision attachment in plan view
  • figure 8B shows the pressure and rotary switch 11b in partial side view and partial plan view.
  • the pressure and rotary switch 11b can be connected via a cable 12b to the electronic switching device in the night vision attachment. If required, communication via a cordless connection can also be realized.
  • the rotary and pressure switch 11b of part figures 8A and 8B furthermore has a hollow housing which is formed for threading through a carrier element, for example a belt 13, with the result that a captive connection can be produced.
  • Figure 9 shows, on the basis of an outlined marksman 14, a carrying facility for an operating element 11c as a mechanical switching device according to the invention for an electronic switching device of a night vision attachment.
  • the marksman wears a shoulder strap 13a on which the operating element 11c is mounted; for example the strap is drawn through the operating element 11c, as shown in the embodiment of figures 8A and 8B , or the operating element 11c is simply pushed onto the strap.
  • the operating element 11c can also be mounted on a hip strap.
  • the marksman 14 can also wear the operating element 11c on the right or left, for example depending on whether he is a right-handed or left-handed marksman.

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  1. Accessoire de vision nocturne (NSV, NSV', NSV") pouvant être monté sur une arme à feu et destiné à une lunette de visée (ZF, ZF', ZF"), lequel accessoire de vision nocturne (NSV, NSV', NSV") comporte un boîtier pour accessoire (VG) comprenant
    un objectif (1, 1') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne,
    ■ un amplificateur pour faible niveau de lumière (2, 2'),
    ■ un ensemble optique (3, 3'), en particulier un système prismatique, et
    ■ un oculaire de visée (4, 4') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne, le rayonnement émanant d'un objet qui passe par l'objectif (1, 1') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne, l'amplificateur pour faible niveau de lumière (2, 2') et l'ensemble optique (3, 3') à destination de l'oculaire de visée (4, 4') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne, de sorte que le rayonnement émergeant de l'oculaire de vision (4, 4') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne peut être reçu sous forme d'un rayonnement amplifié au moyen de la lunette de visée (ZF, ZF', ZF"),
    caractérisé en ce que
    le rayonnement est amené à passer le long d'un premier axe et le long d'un deuxième axe globalement parallèle au premier, le premier axe correspondant globalement à l'axe optique (A1, A1') de l'objectif (1, 1') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne et
    le deuxième axe correspondant globalement à l'axe optique (A2, A2') de l'oculaire de visée (4, 4') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne
    et
    l'ensemble optique (3, 3') étant formé pour un décalage du rayonnement du premier axe vers le deuxième axe,
    dans lequel l'ensemble optique (3, 3') se présente sous la forme d'un système d'inversion d'image.
  2. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'ensemble optique (3') se présente sous la forme d'un système prismatique, en particulier sous la forme d'un système de Porro du deuxième type (3').
  3. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 2, dans lequel l'ensemble optique (3, 3') est agencé entre l'amplificateur de rayonnement (2, 2') et l'oculaire de visée (4, 4') de l'accessoire de vision nocturne.
  4. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant un premier et/ou un deuxième dispositifs de commutation électronique destinés à régler les fonctions de l'accessoire de vision nocturne (NSV, NSV', NSV"), en particulier les fonctions de
    - marche et arrêt et
    - la régulation de la puissance d'amplification de l'amplificateur pour faible niveau de lumière (2, 2').
  5. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon la revendication 4, un premier et/ou un deuxième dispositifs de commutation mécanique (D, D', 11, 11', 11a, 11b, 11c) étant prévus pour actionner le premier et/ou le deuxième dispositifs de commutation électronique.
  6. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le premier et/ou le deuxième dispositifs de commutation mécanique se présentent sous la forme d'un commutateur à pression et/ou rotatif (11b).
  7. Accessoire de vision nocturne selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans lequel le premier dispositif de commutation mécanique est agencé sur le boîtier pour accessoire (VG) et/ou le deuxième dispositif de commutation mécanique est agencé à l'écart du boîtier pour accessoire (VG) d'une distance correspondant approximativement à la dimension longitudinale de la lunette de visée (ZF, ZF', ZF").
  8. Dispositif de commutation mécanique (11, 11', 11a, 11b, 11c) actionnant un accessoire de vision nocturne selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de commutation mécanique actionne un dispositif de commutation électronique de l'accessoire de vision de nocturne (NSV, NSV', NSV") où ledit dispositif de commutation mécanique est agencé à l'écart du boîtier pour accessoire (VG) d'une distance correspondant approximativement à la dimension longitudinale de la lunette de visée (ZF, ZF', ZF").
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PCT/EP2007/003053 WO2007115770A1 (fr) 2006-04-10 2007-04-04 Accessoire de vision nocturne montable sur une arme a feu et destine a une lunette de visee
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