ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,678, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Techniques for multi-channel night vision system alignment" was invented by Jon D. Burnsed (Tempe, Ariz.) and Jacob J. Becker (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example illustrated herein includes an optical device including a bridge assembly configured to connect two or more monocular tube assemblies and at least two monocular tube assemblies. Each monocular tube assembly includes a housing, an alignment member attached to the housing, the alignment member providing an indication of an optical axis of the monocular tube assembly, a...