US 11,754,370 B2
Electronic archery sights
James Mogle, Evansville, IN (US); David Alsip, Evansville, IN (US); David Hahn, Elberfeld, IN (US); and Andrew Hughes, Evansville, IN (US)
Assigned to Bear Archery, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by Bear Archery, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,205.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,108, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389084 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F41G 1/467 (2006.01); F41G 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 1/44 (2013.01) [F41G 1/467 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sight for an archery bow, comprising:
a. a base configured to be mounted to an archery bow;
b. a housing connected to the base;
c. a sight cover defining a sight window mounted to the housing with a bracket arrangement, wherein the sight cover is vertically adjustable relative to the housing;
d. a sight point mounted within the sight window;
e. wherein a first known height of the sight point relative to the housing is calibrated to a first known target distance;
f. wherein a second known height of the sight point relative to the housing is calibrated to a second known target distance;
g. a control knob with a control shaft extending horizontally through and rotatably coupled to the housing and operatively coupled to the bracket arrangement, wherein rotation of the control knob and control shaft vertically adjusts a height of the sight cover and the sight point relative to the housing; and
h. an electronic module mounted to the housing, the electronic module having a display and at least one sensor to measure angular rotation of the control shaft;
i. the electronic module including a processor and a memory with programming, wherein the processor and programming use the measured angular rotation of the control shaft to calculate a height of the adjusted sight point relative to the first known height and the second known height, and wherein the electronic module then displays a calculated target distance corresponding to the adjusted sight point height;
j. wherein the electronic module includes a front casing and a rear casing, wherein the display, the processor, the memory, circuitry and a power supply are enclosed by the front casing and the rear casing, and wherein the rear casing defines a shaft cavity into which an end of the control shaft extends.