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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rick McWilliams, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bushnell Corporation, Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/300 ;
Abstract
A portable altitude/azimuth telescope mount having an integral locator system with a magnetic encoder mechanism for facilitating location of astronomical objects and telescope positioning for observation thereof. A microprocessor receives signals from the encoder mechanism and translates such into position data for display. The locator system also includes a database of astronomical objects, including their locations and other relevant information.