Weapon aiming device

Abstract

A weapon mountable aiming system has a multi-laser assembly having a first visible laser pointer assembly, a second infrared laser pointer assembly, and an infrared laser illuminator assembly whose generated light beams extend outwardly through an opening in an actuator used to adjust the divergence of the infrared laser illuminator assembly. The multi-laser assembly being steerable by a set of adjusters in the weapon mountable aiming system to allow alignment of the generated light beams with a point of impact of a bullet with a target.

1 . A weapon mountable sight, comprising:
 a housing configured to coupled to a weapon; and   an optical bench within the housing, the optical bench supporting a visible laser pointer assembly, an infrared laser pointer assembly, and an infrared laser illuminator assembly.   
     
     
         2 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 1 , further comprising an up-down adjuster and a left-right adjuster in contact with the optical bench for steering a longitudinal axis of the infrared laser illuminator assembly. 
     
     
         3 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 1 , wherein the visible laser pointer assembly has a first diode spaced a fixed distance from a first lens, the infrared laser pointer assembly has a second diode spaced a fixed distance from a second lens, and the infrared laser illuminator assembly is configured to allow a third diode to be spaced an adjustable distance from a third lens. 
     
     
         4 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of gear teeth coupled to an inside surface of a beam adjuster that is rotatably coupled to the housing, the beam adjuster cooperating with a plurality of gear teeth coupled to an outside surface of the infrared laser illuminator assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 4 , further comprising a feature on the infrared laser illuminator assembly to limit rotation of the third lens as the beam adjuster is rotated. 
     
     
         6 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 5 , wherein rotation of the beam adjuster causes the third lens to travel along a longitudinal axis of the infrared laser illuminator assembly relative to the third diode. 
     
     
         7 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 3 , further comprising one of a thread and a cooperating groove disposed on an inside surface of a beam adjuster that is rotatably coupled to the housing, the beam adjuster cooperating with the other of the thread and the groove disposed on an outside surface of the infrared laser illuminator assembly. 
     
     
         8 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 7 , wherein rotation of the beam adjuster causes the third lens to travel along a longitudinal axis of the infrared laser illuminator assembly relative to the third diode. 
     
     
         9 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 3 , further comprising a spring disposed between the third lens and a rear surface of the optical bench. 
     
     
         10 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 9 , wherein rotation of the beam adjuster causes the third lens to travel along a longitudinal axis of the infrared laser illuminator assembly relative to the third diode. 
     
     
         11 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 1 , wherein a first light beam from the visible laser pointer assembly, a second light beam from the infrared laser pointer assembly, and a third light beam from the infrared laser illuminator are coaligned. 
     
     
         12 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 1 , wherein a first light beam from the visible laser pointer assembly, a second light beam from the infrared laser pointer assembly, and a third light beam from the infrared laser illuminator extend out of the housing through a common window. 
     
     
         13 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 11 , wherein the beam adjuster is rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the third light beam. 
     
     
         14 . A weapon mountable sight, comprising:
 a housing configured to be coupled to a weapon;   a multi-laser assembly having two or more lasers, the multi-laser assembly being enclosed with the housing and having a rotatable actuator configured to control the beam divergence of at least one of the two or more lasers, the rotatable actuator having an opening extending therethrough to allow light from the two or more lasers to extend therethrough.   
     
     
         15 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 14 , further comprising an up-down adjuster and a left-right adjuster in contact with an optical bench for steering a longitudinal axis of at least one of the two or more lasers. 
     
     
         16 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 14 , wherein the multi-laser assembly comprises a visible laser pointer assembly, an infrared laser pointer assembly, and an infrared laser illuminator assembly. 
     
     
         17 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 16 , wherein the visible laser pointer assembly has a first diode spaced a fixed distance from a first lens, the infrared laser pointer assembly has a second diode spaced a fixed distance from a second lens, and the infrared laser illuminator assembly configured to allow a third diode to be spaced an adjustable distance from a third lens. 
     
     
         18 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 17 , wherein rotation of the actuator causes the third lens to travel along a longitudinal axis of the infrared laser illuminator assembly relative to the third diode. 
     
     
         19 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of gear teeth coupled to an inside surface of the rotatable actuator, the rotatable actuator cooperating with a plurality of gear teeth coupled to an outside surface of the infrared laser illuminator assembly. 
     
     
         20 . The weapon mountable sight of  claim 14 , further comprising one of a thread and a cooperating groove disposed on an inside surface of a beam adjuster that is rotatably coupled to the housing, the beam adjuster cooperating with the other of the thread and the groove disposed on an outside surface of the infrared laser illuminator assembly.