Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359503000 | EXTENDED SPACING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS | 27 |
20090109533 | OPTICAL ADAPTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method for modifying an optical assembly with another image modifying device by using an adapter assembly to connect or couple three image modifying devices together. The adapter assembly includes two adapters that have collars to hold a night vision monocular between them, and to each connect with a camera and lens, respectively, modifying a camera-lens assembly for use in night time photo surveillance. Attachment members on each adapter may include mechanical and/or electrical connectors to couple or connect the adapters to each other, and/or to electrically connect the camera with the lens. | 04-30-2009 |
20100046073 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An optical waveguide with a tubular or hose-like housing is provided, which is used in a high-temperature environment, such as, for example, in a burner. The housing has an input opening, an output opening and a centre line extending from the input opening to the output opening. In the interior of the housing, transparent spheres are lined up along with centre line. The light is guided on account of the refraction of a light beam upon entering and exiting from the transparent spheres. | 02-25-2010 |
20100188750 | OPTICAL CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING MOUNT FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT HAVING INDEPENDENT MULTI-AXIAL CONTROL - An optical control system including a mount for an optical component is disclosed that provides the flexibility of independently adjusting the position and orientation of the optical component along and about one or more axes. In an exemplary embodiment, the mount includes a support element for supporting the optical component; one or more rotational adjustment elements for rotating said support element independently about one or more axes, respectively; and one or more linear adjustment elements for moving said support element independently along one or more axes. The adjustment elements may be manually adjustable and/or may be adjustable by an actuator. In the latter case, the actuator may be electronically controlled by a controller. The optical component may be a reflective, transmissive, or reflective/transmissive optical device, such as diffraction gratings, mirrors, beam splitters, and others. | 07-29-2010 |
20100238550 | LENS MODULE FIXING DEVICE - A lens module fixing device for fixing lens module is disclosed. The lens module fixing device includes a fixing tray, a transparent and an air pumping device. The fixing tray includes a comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The fixing tray defines a plurality of first through holes passing through the first surface and the second surface. The diameter of the end of the first through hole at the first surface is less than that of the end of each first through hole at the second surface. The covering is covered on the second surface of the fixing tray and defining an inner space together with the fixing tray. The air pumping device is connected to one of the fixing tray and the cover and in communication with the inner space for evacuating air from the inner space. | 09-23-2010 |
20100246000 | WAFER LEVEL LENS MODULE ARRAY WITH SPACER ARRAY - An exemplary wafer level lens module array includes a first lens array, a second lens array above the first lens array, and a spacer array between the first and second lens arrays. The first lens array includes a number of first lenses, and two first aligning structures. The second lens array includes a number of second lenses, and two second aligning structures. The spacer array includes a number of through holes, and two third aligning structures. The first aligning structures respectively align with the third aligning structures, thereby the first lenses are coaxial with the respective the through holes. The second aligning structures respectively align with the third aligning structures, thereby the second lenses are coaxial with the respective through holes. | 09-30-2010 |
20100277799 | ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL SUPPORT - An optical support is disclosed. The optical support has at least two partial supports, each of which secure an optical component and are connected to each other by at least two connecting elements that are spaced apart planarly. The connecting elements are frictionally connected displaceable in an axial direction in matching associated connection openings via contact surfaces. The connecting elements and/or the connection openings have at least one recess in the contact surface. | 11-04-2010 |
20100284077 | MINIATURE STACKED GLASS LENS MODULE - A miniature stacked glass lens module is disclosed. The miniature stacked glass lens module includes at least one stacked optical glass lens element, a lens holder and other optical element. The stacked optical glass lens element is formed by cutting along alignment notches on a glued and stacked optical glass lens array. Then the stacked optical glass lens element and other optical element are mounted into the lens holder to form a miniature stacked glass lens module. Thereby the precise alignment of the optical axis of the lens in the lens module can be achieved. The manufacturing processes of the lens module can be simplified dramatically and the manufacturing cost is reduced significantly. | 11-11-2010 |
20110085239 | OPTICAL APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTABLE ACTION OF FORCE ON AN OPTICAL MODULE - The disclosure pertains to an optical apparatus, in particular for microlithography, that includes an optical module, a support structure and a connection apparatus. The connection apparatus includes at least one connection unit which includes a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part is connected to the optical module, and the second connector part is connected to the support structure. | 04-14-2011 |
20110102893 | Adjustable optical mount - An adjustable optical mount adapted for use with an optical table defining a reference plane includes a hollow housing with openings in the side walls to allow passage of an optical beam therethrough, a gimbal base fixed on the top of the housing, a gimbal plate adjustably mounted under the gimbal base, and a carrier bracket fixed to the gimbal plate for holding preselected optical elements within the housing along the path of the beam. Adjustment mechanisms are provided to tilt and rotate the gimbal plate so as to align the optical element on a selected axis relative to the reference plane. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102894 | MIRROR DESIGN FOR SILICON OPTICAL BENCH - An optical component is provided. The optical component includes an optical-path portion including an arm-connecting portion and a lower portion, a first arm extending from a first end of the arm-connecting portion, and a second arm extending from a second end of the arm-connecting portion. The first arm has at least one resting feature and the second arm has at least one resting feature. The optical-path portion has an input surface. When the resting features of the first arm and the second arm are positioned on a top surface at short edges of a trench in a trench system, the optical-path portion is vertically aligned in the trench. | 05-05-2011 |
20120307364 | Reducing Optical Effects in a Display - One embodiment may take the form of a system for reducing the appearance of optical effects in a display. The system may include an enclosure with a first surface and a second surface. Furthermore, the system may include spacers that may be deposited on the bottom face of the first surface and/or the top face of the second surface, where the first surface may be a touch panel and/or cover lens and the second surface may be a display module. The spacers may be deposited in one layer with an anti-reflection coating. The thickness of the coating may be less than the diameter of the spacers. | 12-06-2012 |
20120314288 | LENS MODULE HAVING LIGHT-SHIELDING SPACER - A lens module includes a first lens and a first spacer. The first lens includes a first optical portion and a first support portion surrounding the first optical portion. The first support portion includes a first upper surface facing an object side of the lens module and a first lower surface facing an image side of the lens module. The first lower surface includes a first annular portion, a slanted annular portion and an inner annular portion. The slanted annular portion is obliquely interconnected between the outer annular portion and the inner annular portion. The first annular portion and the inner annular portion are perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens module. The slanted annular portion faces inwardly of the first lens. The outer shield portion covers the first annular portion. The intermediate shield portion covers the slanted annular portion. The inner shield portion covers the inner annular portion. | 12-13-2012 |
20130033751 | LENS MODULE WITH SPACERS - A lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and two spacers. The lens barrel includes an object-side end and an image-side end. The first, second, and third lenses are received in the lens barrel and arranged in that order from the object-side to the image-side. One of the two spacers is positioned between the first lens and the second lens, and the other of the two spacers is positioned between the second lens and the third lens. Each of the spacers is chamfered to prevent the ingress of unwanted light. | 02-07-2013 |
20140002902 | Manufacturing a Plurality of Optical Elements | 01-02-2014 |
20140036365 | THREE-POINT FOCUS SPACER AND WISHBONE RETENTION - A system includes a light detector, optics, a telescope camera mount, a plurality of spacers, and a retainer. The optics are configured to focus light on the light detector. The telescope camera mount is configured to at least partially support the optics. The plurality of spacers are positioned between the optics and the light detector. A retainer is coupled to the plurality of spacers. | 02-06-2014 |
20140247488 | LENS, LENS UNIT, AND LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A first lens includes, on end surfaces of both ends in a direction along an optical axis, a first lens surface, a second lens surface, lens outer edges formed on outer peripheral sides of the first and second lens surfaces, and a lens side surface that is adjacent to the lens outer edges and serves as an outermost surface in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The first lens is provided so as to be mountable on a lens holding frame. In the first lens, a first abutment surface provided within one plane orthogonal to the optical axis is provided on at least one of the lens outer edges. A second projection is formed on at least one of the lens outer edges so as to protrude in the direction along the optical axis from a position closer to an inner peripheral side than the lens side surface, and the second projection has a reference cylindrical surface provided in a fixed positional relationship with the optical axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis. | 09-04-2014 |
20150092270 | Optical Imaging Lens - An optical imaging lens includes a lens barrel, a front lens element, plural intermediate lens elements, and a rear lens element. The front lens element has a first central lens portion and a first assembly portion. The first assembly portion has a first front abutting section, a first front slanting surface section, and a first rear slanting surface section. Each of the intermediate lens elements has a second central lens portion and a second assembly portion. The second assembly portion has a second front slanting surface section and a second rear slanting surface section. The rear lens element has a third central lens portion and a third assembly portion. The third assembly portion has a third front slanting surface section. | 04-02-2015 |
20150098129 | GENERATING MECHANICAL FEATURES ON AN OPTICAL COMPONENT - A system and method for focusing electromagnetic radiation is presented. A lens has an outside perimeter. A curved lens surface is located inside the outside perimeter. The curved lens surface is to bend at least one wavelength of electromagnetic energy passing through the curved surface. One (or more) mounting surface(s) are located between the outer perimeter and the curved lens surface. The mounting surface has at least one flat surface. | 04-09-2015 |
20160054557 | RIGID ENDOSCOPE - A rigid endoscope including: a fiber tube; a window disposed at a the distal end of the fiber tube; an objective lens arranged in the fiber tube; a spacer tube to maintain the objective lens at a predetermined-distance from the window; and an objective lens tube for holding the objective lens, the objective lens tube being disposed in the fiber tube between the window and at least a portion of the spacer tube; wherein the spacer tube is supported on a distal end against the window and on a proximal end against the objective lens. | 02-25-2016 |
20160147038 | LENS BARREL - An interchangeable lens includes a fixing frame in which a front movable lens group and a rear movable lens group are coaxially arranged and movable in the direction of an optical axis. An intermediate member is arranged between a movable range of a lens frame holding the front movable lens group and a movable range of a lens frame | 05-26-2016 |
20160154199 | SPACER FOR LENSES AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
20160161702 | LENS MODULE - A lens module having lenses disposed in a lens barrel; and a spacer disposed between two of the lenses comprising a light shielding hole configured to adjust an amount of light incident therethrough, and the spacer is coupled to at least one of the two lenses. | 06-09-2016 |
20160195690 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY | 07-07-2016 |
20160202444 | IMAGE READING LENS, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 07-14-2016 |
359504000 | Wide angle (e.g., door peep) | 1 |
20090323186 | WIDE ANGLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wide angle viewing apparatus for security applications is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wide-angle lens and a diffusing screen. The wide-angle lens incorporates an image inverter and a means for eliminating stray light. | 12-31-2009 |
359506000 | Extension of tubular element adjustable | 2 |
20090244704 | Tube for an observation device | 10-01-2009 |
20090296215 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The lens apparatus which includes a lens system, a cam barrel including a cam surface, and a moving barrel provided with a cam follower in contact with the cam surface and configured to be moved in a direction of an optical axis of the lens system by rotation of the cam barrel around the optical axis. The cam surface is parallel to a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The cam barrel includes a tapered surface inclining with respect to the direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The moving barrel is provided with a tapered follower in contact with the tapered surface and a pressing mechanism configured to bias the tapered follower in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis so as to press the tapered follower against the tapered surface to thereby press the cam follower against the cam surface in the direction of the optical axis. | 12-03-2009 |