Patents by Inventor Holger Widmann

Holger Widmann 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: 6947091
    Abstract: A focussing and focal length adjusting device for an optical lens system in the camera head of an endoscope. This device includes a focussing device which has several piezoelectric bending actuators attached along and symmetrically to the optical axis of the focussing lens. The piezoelectric bending actuators are via in each case one joint member connected to a sleeve encompassing the focussing lens in a manner such that with voltage impingement bending movements carried out by the bending actuators are converted into a linear focussing movement for the focussing lens. Furthermore a zoom drive adjusting the focal length of a zoom lens system includes a stepper motor whose stepped rotation via a grooved roller and a pin linearly moved by the helical groove of this roller is converted into a linear movement of a zoom lens sleeve for the focal length adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Widmann, Michael Voegele, Ulrich Osterland