Patents Issued in January 2, 2018
  • Patent number: 9857524
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module and an electronic device are provided. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel including a light-admitting area and a light-shielding area located at an edge of the light-admitting area, a light conversion film disposed opposite to the liquid crystal panel, where the light conversion film includes a first side portion disposed opposite to the light-shielding area, and a width of the first side portion is greater than or equal to 0.8 mm, a brightness enhancement film disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the light conversion film, and a supporting portion disposed between the first side portion and the light-shielding area, and configured to support the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Li
  • Patent number: 9857525
    Abstract: A double-sided display may include a first panel module and a second panel module, a light-guiding plate, a first light source, and a brightness enhancement film. A light-guiding plate has a second light output surface, and a plurality of reflecting units are formed at the second light output surface. Also, a plurality of light converging units are protruding from a surface of the brightness enhancement film. By controlling the width between two adjacent light converging units of the brightness enhancement file to be greater than the width of each of the reflection units, the display quality of the second panel module is enhanced. Thus, the goal of high brightness and high quality on both sides of the display can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LWO Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Lung Huang
  • Patent number: 9857526
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light guide plate of an entirely flat structure; a light emitting element disposed on at least one side of the light guide plate; a first reflection part disposed under the light guide plate and having one side thereof extended to a region where the light emitting element is positioned; a second reflection part disposed on the light emitting element; and a housing for accommodating the light guide plate, the light emitting element, and the first and second reflection parts, wherein the housing has a second side which is vertically extended upwards with respect to a first side which defines a lateral cross section of the housing in which the light emitting element is accommodated as the lower side, and a third side which is vertically extended inwards with respect to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Jun Song
  • Patent number: 9857527
    Abstract: A light guiding device can include a light entering face, a light exiting face and an extension face. The light exiting face intersects the light entering face at a first intersecting line. The extension face connects the light entering face and the light exiting face. The extension face and the light entering face collectively define an included angle facing the light exiting face, and the included angle is an obtuse angle. A display device with the light guiding device and a method for manufacturing the light guiding device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Tsorng Chang
  • Patent number: 9857528
    Abstract: A backlight module, a plastic frame and a reflection sheet of the backlight module are disclosed. The backlight module includes a plastic frame and a reflection sheet disposed at a bottom side of the plastic frame. Wherein, the reflection sheet includes a first folding structure; a second folding structure is formed at a bottom portion of the plastic frame; the first folding structure and the second folding structure are complementary and are correspondingly adhered and connected for fixing the reflection sheet at the bottom side of the plastic frame. Accordingly, under a condition without increasing a width of the plastic frame, connection reliability between the plastic frame and the reflection sheet is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qing Guo
  • Patent number: 9857529
    Abstract: A fiber span comprising: a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber coupled to the first optical fiber, both fibers comprising the an inner core region with maximum refractive index delta, ?0?0.1% and an outer radius R1>4.5 ?m, an outer core region with an outer radius R2 and a minimum refractive index delta ?1 and alpha value ??5, wherein ?1<?0, 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: William Allen Wood
  • Patent number: 9857530
    Abstract: Disclosed are robust packaging systems and methods for optical elements used in optical light pipes. One optical light pipe includes a housing having opposing first and second ends and a body that extends therebetween, an optical element arranged within the housing, and a reflective coating applied about an outer surface of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Robert Atkinson, Michael Pelletier, William Soltmann, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 9857531
    Abstract: A system comprises a first optical component comprising at least one waveguide and at least one self-alignment feature; and a second optical component comprising at least another waveguide and at least another self-alignment feature; wherein the self-alignment feature of the second optical component engage to assist in optically-coupling the waveguide of the first optical component and the waveguide of the second optical component when the first optical component has a manufacturing tolerance in a given geometric dimension and is mounted in the second optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Russell A. Budd, Daniel M. Kuchta, Benjamin Giles Lee, Laurent Schares, Clint Lee Schow
  • Patent number: 9857532
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a passivation layer and an optical element. The substrate includes a surface and a sidewall. The passivation layer is disposed on the surface of the substrate. The optical element is disposed in the substrate and exposed from the sidewall of the substrate. The sidewall of the substrate is inclined towards the surface of the substrate at an angle of approximately 87 degrees to approximately 89 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Chin, Jia-Hao Zhang, Chi-Han Chen, Mei-Ju Lu
  • Patent number: 9857533
    Abstract: An optical waveguide element includes a core and a cladding that is made of SiO2. When ng_i_TE is a group refractive index of a TE0 polarized wave in the i-th waveguide counted from a light incidence plane of the core and ng_i_TM is a group refractive index of a TM0 polarized wave in the i-th waveguide, the length L—i[m] of the i-th waveguide satisfies a predetermined relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kusaka, Ryokichi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Goi, Kensuke Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9857534
    Abstract: An optical waveguide device includes: a mode splitter including a main waveguide in which lights can be propagated in at least two propagation modes with different propagation orders and a subsidiary waveguide which includes a coupling section disposed in parallel with the main waveguide at a certain distance away from the main waveguide so as to constitute a directional coupler and is capable of splitting at least one propagation mode out of the two or more propagation modes from the main waveguide. Also, ncore/ncladding which is a refractive index ratio between a core and a cladding which constitute the main waveguide and the subsidiary waveguide is in a range of 101% to 250%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kusaka, Kensuke Ogawa, Kazuhiro Goi
  • Patent number: 9857535
    Abstract: A method of packaging a multi-channel optical receiver module and a package of the same are provided. The method includes installing a first lens on a sub-mount; aligning an optical block including a plurality of filters on the sub-mount; installing the aligned optical block on the sub-mount; aligning a second lens on the sub-mount; installing the aligned second lens on the sub-mount; and coupling the sub-mount to a TO-stem. The aligning of the optical block transmits light incident through the first lens to the plurality of filters, transmits light beams transmitted through the plurality of filters to an object lens, monitors positions of and intervals between the light beams transmitted through an infrared (IR) camera and aligns the optical block so that the intervals between the light beams transmitted through the plurality of filters are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Soon Heo, Hyun Seo Kang, Keo Sik Kim, Jeong Eun Kim, Ji Hyoung Ryu, Hyoung Jun Park
  • Patent number: 9857536
    Abstract: The inventive optical component assembly advantageously enables a multi-waveguide optical component (such as the inventive optical fiber coupler array, a multi-core optical fiber, etc.), to be coupled to at least one waveguide of an optical device at a predefined coupling angle. The optical component assembly of the present invention comprises a multi-waveguide optical component with an output end, a prism having an input surface, an output surface, and an internal reflective surface with a predefined reflection angle, and a GRIN lens, positioned between the component output end and the prism input surface, along a longitudinal axis of the multi-waveguide optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Chiral Photonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Il'ich Kopp, Jonathan Singer, Daniel Neugroschl, Jongchul Park, Mitchell S. Wlodawski
  • Patent number: 9857537
    Abstract: A device for connecting a hybrid trunk cable to one or more jumper cables includes: an enclosure having two opposed end walls and two opposed side walls; a power connector mounted to a first end wall; a fiber optic connector mounted to the first end wall; and a plurality of mixed media connectors mounted to a first side wall. The power connector is electrically connected to the plurality of mixed media connectors, and the fiber optic connector is optically connected to the plurality of mixed media connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Chi-ming Wang
  • Patent number: 9857538
    Abstract: An adapter with novel alignment features engages alignment features on a plug, providing general alignment of the ferrule holders and ferrules in the plug. After the plug engages the adapter, the ferrule holders engage a second set of alignment features in the adapter to provide fine alignment for the ferrules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: US Conec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiep Nguyen, Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes, Jillcha Fekadu Wakjira, Joseph P. Howard
  • Patent number: 9857539
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a connector for coupling optical signals to a semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the connector includes a connector member having a recessed portion to arrange a plurality of waveguides formed side-by-side in a transverse direction. A backup member is arranged within the recessed portion interposing the plurality of waveguides between the connector member and the backup member. The recessed portion includes a plurality of ridges arranged in a staggered pattern relative to the plurality of waveguides for positioning the plurality of waveguides relative to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tymon Barwicz, Yoichi Taira
  • Patent number: 9857540
    Abstract: A strain relief boot and a fiber optic cable assembly are described. The strain relief boot has a first conduit made of at least a first material. The first conduit has a front segment and a rear segment. The rear segment includes at least one discontinuity to make the rear segment more flexible than the front segment. The rear segment also includes at least one projection extending outwardly from the rear segment at a location adjacent to the at least one discontinuity. The strain relief boot also has a second conduit made from at least a second material that is less rigid than the first material. The second conduit at least partially surrounds at least the rear segment of the first conduit and extends rearwardly of the first conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Izhar Zahoor Ahmed, Brandon Andrew Barnes, Ashley Wesley Jones, Nikhil Baburam Vasudeo
  • Patent number: 9857541
    Abstract: A system may include a substrate and a lens component. The substrate may include pads and solder protuberances. Each solder protuberance may be located on a pad. The lens component may define grooves sized to receive at least a portion of the solder protuberances. The lens component may be positioned relative to the substrate such that at least a portion of each solder protuberance is positioned within the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darin James Douma, Frank J. Flens
  • Patent number: 9857542
    Abstract: A compact bidirectional optical transceiver module is provided that has a bidirectional optical subassembly (BOSA) that includes a stamped metal optic that folds the optical pathway, alignment features that enable the optoelectronic components of the electrical subassembly (ESA) to be precisely aligned with the BOSA in all dimensions, and features that reduce the capacitance of the driver circuitry to improve signal integrity and widen the eye opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NanoPrecision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence R. McColloch, Michael K. Barnoski, Robert R. Vallance, Shuhe Li
  • Patent number: 9857543
    Abstract: A bidirectional optoelectronic sub-assembly. The bidirectional optoelectronic sub-assembly includes an assembly body. The assembly body is configured to interface a light source, a photodetector, an optical waveguide, coupling optics and a beam splitter in optical alignment. The assembly body includes a light source port configured to accommodate the light source, an optical port configured to interface with an optical connector of the optical waveguide, a beam splitter slot configured to accommodate the beam splitter on a first optical path between the light source and the optical waveguide, and on a second optical path between the optical waveguide and the photodetector, and a faraday cage cavity configured to accommodate the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LumaSense Technologies Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xu, James Steven Chick, Terry M. Stapleton
  • Patent number: 9857544
    Abstract: A low-cost and mass producible carrier part for precise mounting of optical components such as an optical fiber and optical die and associated fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Nicolaas Tuin, Alexander Johannes Adrianus Cornelia Dorrestein, Jeroen Antonius Maria Duis, Rutger Wilhelmus Smink, Michiel van Rijnbach
  • Patent number: 9857545
    Abstract: Latch mechanism for communication modules. In an example embodiment, a module latch mechanism includes a follower configured to be slidingly positioned relative to a housing and a driver configured to be rotatingly positioned relative to the housing. The follower includes a first arm configured to facilitate selective engagement of the housing with a host device. The follower may further include a fastening mechanism configured to facilitate selective engagement of the follower with the housing. The driver is configured to be positioned relative to the follower such that the driver urges the follower toward a first position relative to the housing as the driver is rotated from an unlatched position to a latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FINISAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Demetrios Koutrokois
  • Patent number: 9857546
    Abstract: An optical module for connecting a photoelectric conversion device on a substrate to a ferrule connected to an optical fiber includes a body configured to be mounted on the substrate, a first lens disposed on the body at a side thereof connectable to the ferrule, a second lens disposed on the body at a side thereof facing the substrate, and a core disposed in the body between the first lens and the second lens, wherein a refractive index of the core is higher than a refractive index of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongfei Zhang, Shigemi Kurashima, Satoshi Moriyama, Shinichiro Akieda, Rie Gappa, Mitsuki Kanda
  • Patent number: 9857547
    Abstract: A self supporting apparatus (10) for trays (40) includes a groove plate (20), and a plurality of pivotally mounted trays (40) wherein each tray (40) is pivotally moveable relative to the groove plate (20) between a first position (46) and a second position (48). The groove plate (20) includes a plurality of flexible tabs (70) facing the plurality of trays (40). An edge (50) of each tray (40) includes a rounded surface (52) and a rib (56), wherein each one of the ribs (56) engages one of the flexible tabs (70) to hold the trays (40) in one of the first or second positions (46, 48). The rib (56) flexes the tab (70) as each tray (40) is pivoted between the first and second positions. The tab (70) and rib (56) maintain the trays (40) in the selected positions until the trays (40) are moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Bart Mattie Claessens, Dirk Kempeneers, Wouter Foulon, Vince Wellens
  • Patent number: 9857548
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a distribution cable, a tether cable, and a network access point (NAP) assembly having a cavity defined therein. The distribution cable includes optical fibers and the tether cable includes an optical fiber. The optical fiber of the tether cable is tightly constrained within the tether cable and portion thereof extends from the tether cable into the cavity of the NAP assembly and is spliced to a portion of one of the optical fibers of the distribution cable extending into the cavity of the NAP assembly from a side of the distribution cable. The splice is positioned in the cavity. Tight constraint of the optical fiber of the tether cable within the tether cable limits transmission of fiber movement to the portion of the optical fiber of the tether cable extending into the cavity of the NAP assembly, thereby protecting the splice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Lars Kristian Nielsen, Humberto Perez Toledo, Ricardo Andre Rivas Alas
  • Patent number: 9857549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotational actuator for an optical device, which includes a rotary shaft capable of freely rotating at a fixed position; a first shape-memory alloy wire fixed in a first direction to give a rotation moment to the rotary shaft, the first shape-memory alloy wire making length contraction with respect to the rotary shaft when an electric current is applied thereto; a second shape-memory alloy wire fixed in a second direction opposite to the first direction to give a rotation moment with respect to the rotary shaft, the second shape-memory alloy wire making length contraction with respect to the rotary shaft when an electric current is applied thereto; and a control unit configured to supply an electric current to the first shape-memory alloy wire when rotating the rotary shaft in the first direction and supply an electric current to the second shape-memory alloy wire when rotating the rotary shaft in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: JAHWA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Sik Shin, Sang Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 9857550
    Abstract: Different rotational interfaces between individual optical components and their mounts are compared based on a sensitivity of optical system performance to misalignment of the optical component to an alignment axis of the optical mount within a clearance space. The rotational interfaces at which the sensitivity of the optical system performance to the misalignment of the optical component approaches a minimum are incorporated into the optical design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Moondog Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott C. Cahall
  • Patent number: 9857551
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel, and a lens group received by the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes an first supporter, a second supporter extending vertically from the first supporter, and a receiving space formed by those supporters, the first supporter having a light aperture, the second supporter having an inner surface facing the receiving space. The lens group includes a first lens abutting against the inner surface of the second supporter, a second lens stacked on the first lens and abutting against the inner surface of the second supporter, a third lens stacked on the second lens and abutting against the inner surface of the second supporter, and a fourth lens stacked on the third lens and abutting against the inner surface of the second supporter, for ensuring the concentricity among the lenses and keeping the lens group coaxial with the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Chuandong Wei, Chunhuan Fang, Lei Zhang, Liangwei Wan
  • Patent number: 9857552
    Abstract: The lens tube includes a cylindrical barrel, a holder, a cap, and a stress applying portion. The barrel houses at least one first lens. The holder houses an imaging element and is fixed to a substrate. The holder is configured to allow one end of the barrel in an axial direction to be screwed into the holder such that an optical axis of the first lens and an optical axis of the imaging element are aligned with each other. The cap is mountable to the barrel by allowing the other end of the barrel in the axial direction to be screwed into the cap. The stress applying portion is located between the holder and the cap when the barrel is screwed into the holder and the cap, and applies a stress in a direction in which the cap is separated from the holder. The first lens is held and fixed between a first stopper formed on the cap and a second stopper formed in the barrel when the cap is mounted to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Takama, Noboru Kawasaki, Takayuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9857553
    Abstract: A lens unit may include a plurality of lenses; and a lens barrel made of resin and comprising a tube part. A first press-fitted lens of the plurality of lenses may include a first press-fitted portion that is press-fitted to the tube part. An outer peripheral face of the tube part may include a thread groove. The tube part may include a circular groove which is recessed from an image side end face of the tube toward an object side, the circular groove being formed between an inner peripheral face and the outer peripheral face of the tube part. The first press-fitted portion may be provided on an image side end of the first press-fitted lens. An object side end of the circular groove may be disposed on an object side of the first press-fitted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Horiuchi, Tomoaki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9857554
    Abstract: Clips are provided to secure optic element systems to a printed circuit board. Associated mounting systems may, for example, eliminate direct adhesion of an optic element to an associated illumination source (e.g., LED). Thereby, thermal management of the system may be improved, adding flexibility in, for example, mounting height and tilt of an optic element. Thus, manufacturing cost, associated with mounting optic elements to L.E.D. arrays, may be reduced. Associated mounting systems may enable a direct electrical connection from a printed circuit to, for example, optical path control elements embedded within an optic element using, for example, various electro-optical control technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Gilbert Pinter
  • Patent number: 9857555
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a housing supporting a driving magnet and having an opening, a bobbin provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a coil located inside the driving magnet, the bobbin being moved in a first direction parallel to an optical axis within the housing via electromagnetic interaction between the driving magnet and the coil, and a damper located between the housing and the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son, Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 9857556
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for auto focus, which includes a first frame having a magnet, a second frame having an auto focus (AF) coil for moving the first frame in an optical axis direction and a yoke giving an attractive force to the magnet, and a plurality of balls arranged in the optical axis direction and located between the first frame and the second frame so that the first frame and the second frame are maintained to be spaced apart from each other. An entire height of the plurality of balls is equal to or higher than a height of the magnet on the basis of the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: JAHWA electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seung Kim, In Soo Kim, Masahiro Takashima
  • Patent number: 9857557
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element to the fourth lens element each include an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The object-side surface of the first lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The second lens element has positive refracting power, and the object-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the second lens element. The third lens element is made of glass having an Abbe number greater than 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Bone, Yanxuan Yin, Guangyun Li, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 9857558
    Abstract: Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and enlarge field angle while the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GeniuS Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Bone, Yan Bin Chen, Bai Na Chen, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 9857559
    Abstract: An imaging optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fourth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9857560
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Wei Liu, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9857561
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9857562
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9857563
    Abstract: An optical image system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Chun-Che Hsueh, Chien-Shun Wu, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9857564
    Abstract: A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9857565
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9857566
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9857567
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens that has a small amount of focus shift caused by temperature fluctuation and an imaging apparatus that has this imaging lens. The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens that is convex toward the object side and has a negative refractive power; a second lens that has a negative refractive power; a third lens that has a positive refractive power; a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) to (4). ?0.89<f/f12<?0.53 ??(1) ?0.19<f/f1<?0.1 ??(2) ?0.70<f/f2<?0.45 ??(3) 2.4<f1/f2<5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Takeshi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9857568
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes five lens elements and provides a TTL/EFL<1.0. In an embodiment, the focal length of the first lens element f1<TTL/2, an air gap between first and second lens elements is smaller than half the second lens element thickness, an air gap between the third and fourth lens elements is greater than TTL/5 and an air gap between the fourth and fifth lens elements is smaller than about 1.5 times the fifth lens element thickness. All lens elements may be aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Dror, Ephraim Goldenberg, Gal Shabtay
  • Patent number: 9857569
    Abstract: A combined lens module including plural lens modules deposited within a housing is provided. These lens modules include plural lenses and multiple apertures. Each lens has a main lens element for visible light and an associate lens element for invisible light. An image capturing-and-sensing assembly may be performed by equipping with such a combined lens module and a sensor for visible light and invisible light, which could have high-resolution and apply to a thin portable device or any environment in use of infrared structured lighting or light scanner for the applications of human-machine interactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: EVERREADY PRECISION IND. CORP.
    Inventors: Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Yen
  • Patent number: 9857570
    Abstract: A reflector can have a conical shape. The shape can tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex can include an aperture, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. A mirror is location in a cavity and is positioned within an overhang enclosure of the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror can reflect environmental light that is reflected by the reflector into the aperture or reflect light emitting from the aperture onto the reflector. Stray light reflected by the mirror is absorbed by the cavity walls. A set of one or more optical elements can be positioned at least partially within a volumetric region of the reflector. The one or more optical elements focus light passing through the aperture to an image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HOYOS INTEGRITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patricio Durazo, Gary Peterson, William H. Robertson, Jr., John N. Shemelynce, Amit Verma
  • Patent number: 9857571
    Abstract: A thermoplastic sheet for the manufacture of a transparent motor vehicle or building glazing intended for the display of information, in particular of a laminated glazing, the sheet including a compound exhibiting an absorption band in the ultraviolet region and of which the diffuse reflection spectrum as a function of the energy of the incident radiation is characterized by a V value on the reflection curve, determined by the point of intersection between the tangent (1) at the inflection point of said curve and its asymptote (2) at the higher energies, of between 3.06 and 3.65 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jean Sablayrolles, Frederic Clabau, Michael Labrot
  • Patent number: 9857572
    Abstract: A fixed-focus projection lens, in order from an image side to an image source side along an optical axis, includes a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power, a third lens with negative refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power, a fifth lens with positive refractive power, and a sixth lens with positive refractive power. The second lens is a biconvex lens. While projecting, a light enters the fixed-focus projection lens from the image source side, and passes through the fixed-focus projection lens. Further more, at least one surface of the first lens is aspherical, a refractive index of the second lens is greater than 1.8, and a refractive index of the fifth lens is greater than 1.7. Such arrangement helps to lower a spherical aberration of spherical lens, shortening the optical system, and effectively lower the distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien Hsiung Tseng, Yi-Ling Yang, Po-Nien Tsai
  • Patent number: 9857573
    Abstract: A zoom lens is constituted by, in order from the object side: a positive first lens group; a negative second lens group; a positive third lens group; a positive fourth lens group; a negative fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group. The distances among adjacent lens groups change when changing magnification from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side, a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens. The second lens group has a negative 2R lens group constituted by a cemented lens formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens, provided in this order from the object side, together, and a negative single lens. The fifth lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Taiga Noda