ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,618, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Modular articulable impact-proof vision system" was invented by Stefan Weiser (Rosbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular viewing device for observation through a wall of a protected space is provided. The device includes a distal module with an objective lens, a proximal module having a movable light guide, a connection unit having with a first coupling device, and a rotatable bearing. The first coupling device releasably couples, optically and mechanically, the proximal module to the connection unit so that an image captured by the objective lens is...