Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi HIRAGA

Tsuyoshi HIRAGA 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: 10527814
    Abstract: A lens unit with multiple lenses includes at least a glass lens arranged in an optical axis direction and a lens barrel holding the lenses. The lens barrel includes a lens holder holding the glass lens. An object side face of the lens holder is formed with multiple projecting parts supporting an adjacent lens which is adjacent to the glass lens on the object side. The projecting parts is structured as a distance determination part adjusting and determining a space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens by using a heat press process. A crushing amount of the projecting parts is determined with a lens face of the glass lens as a reference. The space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens is adjusted to restrain focus deviation due to a thickness error of the glass lens occurred at the time of molding the glass lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Komiyama, Tsuyoshi Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20180088297
    Abstract: A lens unit with multiple lenses includes at least a glass lens arranged in an optical axis direction and a lens barrel holding the lenses. The lens barrel includes a lens holder holding the glass lens. An object side face of the lens holder is formed with multiple projecting parts supporting an adjacent lens which is adjacent to the glass lens on the object side. The projecting parts is structured as a distance determination part adjusting and determining a space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens by using a heat press process. A crushing amount of the projecting parts is determined with a lens face of the glass lens as a reference. The space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens is adjusted to restrain focus deviation due to a thickness error of the glass lens occurred at the time of molding the glass lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi KOMIYAMA, Tsuyoshi HIRAGA