Electronically Illuminated Open Sight for Handguns and Rifles

摘要

An electronically illuminated open sight for handguns and rifles utilizes one or more light-emitting diodes to illuminate fiber optic rods held within rid compartments within a plurality of sight posts, including a front sight post and a rear sight post. Each fiber optic rod is viewable through a rod viewing port in the rear surface of each housing, making the illuminated fiber optic rods viewable only to the user of the handgun or rifle. The LEDs are housed within a sight body or control housing and fiber optic cables are run from the LEDs to the fiber optic rods in order to transfer light from the LEDs to the fiber optic rods within the sight posts. The LEDs can be switched on or off by a power switch, and a potentiometer controls the intensity of the LEDs.

主权项

1. An electronically illuminated open sight for handguns and rifles comprises:
a plurality of sight posts; a plurality of fiber optic cables; at least one light-emitting diode (LED); a control housing; a rear sight body; a front sight mount; a rear sight mount; a power source; the plurality of sight posts comprises a front sight post, a first rear sight post, and a second rear sight post; each of the plurality of sight posts comprises a fiber optic rod, a rod compartment, a rod viewing port, an ambient light slot, a rear surface and a top surface, wherein the rear surface and the top surface are oriented perpendicular to each other; each of the plurality of fiber optic cables comprises an input end and an output end; the control housing comprises an LED control; the rear sight body comprises a viewing slot; the first rear sight post and the second rear sight post being connected to the rear sight body; the first rear sight post, the second rear sight post and the viewing slot being oriented parallel to each other on the rear sight body, wherein each of the plurality of sight posts and the viewing slot are oriented longitudinally; the first rear sight post and the second rear sight post being positioned symmetrically about the viewing slot of the rear sight body, wherein the first rear sight post and the second rear sight post are laterally separated by the viewing slot; the fiber optic rod being positioned within the rod compartment for each of the plurality of sight posts; the rod viewing port traversing through the rear surface adjacent to the rod compartment for each of the plurality of sight posts; the ambient light slot traversing through the top surface adjacent to the rod compartment for each of the plurality of sight posts; the input end of each of the fiber optic cables being positioned adjacent to one of the at least one LED; the output end of each of the fiber optic cables traversing into the rod compartment adjacent to the fiber optic rod of one of the plurality of sight posts; the power source being electrically connected to the LED control and each of the at least one LED; the front sight mount being connected to a bottom surface of the front sight post; and the rear sight mount being connected to a bottom surface of the rear sight body.