Patents by Inventor Helmut Lenhof

Helmut Lenhof has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9874801
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a camera lens, which includes at least one lens ring rotatable about the optical axis of the camera lens for zoom, focus or aperture adjustment, which is connectable with a driving device actuatable by an electronic control unit, includes a retaining device connected with the camera lens, which is adapted to the contour of the camera lens, for accommodating a fastening mechanism of a drive system containing the driving device and the electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Helmut Lenhof, Benedikt Hartmann, Hannes Buchegger, Wolfgang Parizek, Michael Haubmann
  • Publication number: 20150286111
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a camera lens, which includes at least one lens ring rotatable about the optical axis of the camera lens for zoom, focus or aperture adjustment, which is connectable with a driving device actuatable by an electronic control unit, includes a retaining device connected with the camera lens, which is adapted to the contour of the camera lens, for accommodating a fastening mechanism of a drive system containing the driving device and the electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Helmut Lenhof, Benedikt Hartmann, Hannes Buchegger, Wolfgang Parizek, Michael Haubmann
  • Patent number: 8430581
    Abstract: A camera lens assembly includes a focusing mount having a receiving lug and optical elements, which are arranged in the focusing mount, and define an optical axis. An adapter ring has a first planar surface and a second planar surface which are parallel to each other. The first planar surface is in contact engagement against a camera-side contact surface of the focus mount and the second planar surface is in contact with a lens-side contact surface of a lens mount. The lens mount has a tubular-shaped lens mount socket and lens mount attachment elements which are configured to coact with the camera mount attachment elements of a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Uwe Weber, Holger Sehr, Helmut Lenhof
  • Publication number: 20110249966
    Abstract: The camera lens assembly (1) of the invention includes: (1) a focusing mount (2) having: (a) a defined distance from the camera-side contact surface (3) of the focusing mount (2) to the camera image plane (BE) of XAF-BE?57.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Uwe Weber, Holger Sehr, Helmut Lenhof
  • Patent number: 4758720
    Abstract: In order to initiate the operation of an incremental-correction measurement system, which measures such guidance errors as instantaneous lateral offset of a movable machine part with respect to its guidance direction (Y), a reference mark is provided by two cylindrical lenses (4, 5) which are arranged at an angle to each other and to the guidance direction. Since the distance intercepts for Y-direction scanning of and between the two cylindrical lenses is dependent on the instantaneous lateral offset (.DELTA.X) of the guided part, it is possible to determine the absolute offset values (.DELTA.X.sub.1, .DELTA.X.sub.2) of two spaced incremental-correction measurement systems (K1, K2), using pairs of pulses (A.sub.1/2, B.sub.1/2) generated by two signal transmitters (KNIP1, KNIP2) upon their scanning traverse of the respective cylindrical lenses in the course of a single calibration run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim/Brenz
    Inventors: Karl-Eugen Aubele, Helmut Lenhof, Peter Vogt