ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,692, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH (Sudheide, Germany).
"Angle mirror with backup sight" was invented by Thorsten Reif (Celle, Germany) and Friedrich Von Solms (Hermannsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an angle mirror including a backup sight. The angle mirror includes a housing connected to a mirror head and a lower part. An objective is arranged outside of the housing and is connected to the housing by an optical connection, for example a fiber optic line, that does not require electrical power or current to transmit the image from the objective. The mirror head...