Sealing Patents (Class 359/513)
  • Patent number: 11906730
    Abstract: A lens protection device includes a housing, a first and a second sliding cover. The housing includes an opening and a connecting portion. The first sliding cover includes a first cover plate, a first connecting shaft, and a first and a second magnet. One end of the first connecting shaft connects to the first cover plate and another end pivotally connects to the connecting portion. The first connecting shaft is rotated to move the first cover plate. The first and the second magnet are disposed at a front and a rear end of the first cover plate, respectively. The second sliding cover includes a second cover plate and a second connecting shaft. One end of the second connecting shaft connects to the second cover plate, and another end pivotally connects to the connecting portion. The second connecting shaft is rotated to move the second cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mao-Hsiang Huang, Pen-Uei Lu, Wei-Chih Hsu
  • Patent number: 11760898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geo-San Lim, Min-Kyung Kang, Seung-Hee Kim, Hye-Lin Kim
  • Patent number: 11448866
    Abstract: A unit magnification microscope includes a first lens assembly (20) with a number of lenses forming an infinity-corrected objective and a second lens assembly (22), identical to the first lens assembly, deployed in an opposite orientation along a light path. A physical stop (26) is located at a central point along the light path between the lens assemblies. A focal plane array image sensor (28) is mounted at the external focal plane of the second lens assembly, such that light from an object at an object plane (30) is focused with unit magnification on the focal plane array image sensor after passing along the light path through the first lens assembly, the physical stop and the second lens assembly. A beam splitter (34) may be used to introduce illumination along the light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OMEK OPTICS LTD.
    Inventor: Shai Eisenberg
  • Patent number: 11335878
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a window member disposed on the display module, where the window member includes a base layer and a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer. A moisture absorption ratio of the window member is about 2.2% or greater under a first condition including a first temperature and a first humidity. The first temperature is about 60° C. or greater, and the first humidity is about 70% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kicheol Song, Youngmoon Kim, Youngsang Park, Nari Ahn, Hung Kun Ahn, Jung-hun Jung, Ojun Kwon, Junsu Park
  • Patent number: 11029129
    Abstract: In one aspect, a gun sight may include a main body and a light tube. In one embodiment, the main body may include an elongated light tunnel housing and a base, wherein the light tunnel housing is formed on top of the base, and a light tunnel is formed inside the light tunnel housing. The light tunnel has a front end and a rear end, and the light tube is disposed at the rear end. In one embodiment, the light tube can be a fluorescent optical fiber that can be used as a light source for the shooter's eye even when the environment is relatively dark. In other embodiments, the light tube can be an integration of optical fiber and tritium. The light tunnel is tapered from the front end to the rear end to enhances the effect of light concentration in the light tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Shanyao Lee
  • Patent number: 10908321
    Abstract: A glass laminate includes a glass substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface, and a functional layer at least on the first main surface. The functional layer includes at least two layers having a refractive index different from each other and the at least two layers are alternately laminated. The functional layer includes an outermost layer farthest from the glass substrate and a second layer that is adjacent to the outermost layer and lies closer to the glass substrate than the outermost layer. The outermost layer includes SiO2 as a main component. The second layer has a carbon concentration of 3×1018 atoms/cm3 or more and 5×1019 atoms/cm3 or less, and the carbon concentration of the second layer is lower than that of the outermost layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kensuke Fujii, Michinori Suehara, Kazunari Tohyama
  • Patent number: 10572423
    Abstract: A data communication system is provided. The data communication system includes a data bus, and a line replacement unit including a terminal controller, and a plastic optical fiber serial interface module (POFSIM) coupled between the terminal controller and the data bus. The POFSIM is configured to transmit digital optical signals to the data bus based on electrical signals received from the terminal controller, and transmit electrical signals to the terminal controller based on digital optical signals received from the data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Y. Chan, Henry B. Pang, Tuong Kien Truong
  • Patent number: 10534119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizer protective film comprising a binder resin layer in which a poly(C2-4 alkylene glycol)-modified polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based polymer and a bifunctional or higher polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound form a cross-linked bond, a polarizing plate comprising the polarizer protective film and a method for preparing a polarizing plate comprising forming the polarizer protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Seo, Yeong Rae Chang, Heon Kim, Hye Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10503005
    Abstract: In a wire grid polarization element, a second light transmissing substrate is disposed on first surface side of the first light transmissing substrate on which a metallic wire grid is formed, and on the first surface of the first substrate, a recessed portion is formed in a region overlapping a region where the wire grid is formed in plan view. For this reason, it is possible to secure a space in which the wire grid is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate without using a spacer. In addition, at the time of sealing the space in which the wire grid is disposed, the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other on the outer side of the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ohori, Koichiro Akasaka, Yoshitomo Kumai
  • Patent number: 10443676
    Abstract: An optical lens stack includes an inner ring of a mounting structure containing axially spaced circumferential lens mounting surfaces on an inside diameter of the inner ring. The inner ring further includes a groove over a fixed axial length on the outer diameter. An outer ring formed to fit over the inner ring contains a groove on the inner diameter of the outer ring that corresponds to the groove on the inner ring and forms a circumferential cavity when the outer ring is mounted on the inner ring. The resulting cavity is filled with an energy absorbing material and serves as a vibration isolator for the lens stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Graham
  • Patent number: 10261218
    Abstract: A strengthened cover lens is disclosed to include a substrate, including an upper surface, a lower surface substantially parallel to the upper surface, a side surface located between the upper surface and the lower surface, and the side surface being substantially perpendicular to the upper surface and the lower surface, an upper chamfer surface formed between the upper surface and the side surface and the upper chamfer surface being adjacent the side surface, a concave portion formed between the upper surface and the upper chamfer surface, and a protection layer covering at least the concave portion and the upper chamfer surface, and a method for strengthening a cover lens being durable for abrasive condition by rigid body such as metal in common use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BUWON PRECISION SCIENCES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kyung-Chul Ahn
  • Patent number: 10249845
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component, comprising an electrically conductive layer, an electrically insulating layer formed above a partial region of the electrically conductive layer, an electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer formed outside the partial region on the electrically conductive layer and above the partial region on the electrically insulating layer, a first electrode formed above the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer, an organic functional layer structure formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed above the partial region on the organic functional layer structure and where the second electrode is formed outside the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Arne Fleissner
  • Patent number: 9429750
    Abstract: A dust-free lens driving apparatus includes a lens holder for holding a lens, a housing having a central bore in which the lens holder moves, and a film having a first contact region, a second contact region and a buffer region. The first contact region is defined by a first peripheral portion of the film and is used to sealingly attach the film to and around the lens holder. The second contact region is defined by a second peripheral portion of the film and is used to sealingly attach the film to and around a connection portion of the housing. The buffer region is defined by a remaining region of the film between the first and second contact regions and is used to seal an exit of a gap between the lens holder and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SUNMING TECHNOLOGIES (HK) LIMITED
    Inventor: Sio Kuan Lam
  • Patent number: 9039208
    Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, devices for image acquisition that use seals between concentrically disposed portions of an enclosure and an optics assembly in order to protect image acquisition components from the surrounding environment while providing adequate friction for both adjusting and locking focus. Such devices can include an image capture medium that is disposed within an enclosure and an optics assembly that is also disposed within that enclosure. The optics assembly, which includes at least a lens, can have a cylindrical outer diameter along at least a portion of its length that is received within the enclosure along a length that has a corresponding cylindrical inner diameter. A first seal is disposed between, and in contact with, the optics assembly and the enclosure. That seal permits rotation of the optics assembly for purposes of focusing the lens, while preventing contamination from the environment from entering into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Cognex Corporation
    Inventors: George Costigan, Steven Goodspeed, Robert Tremblay, John Keating, Brian Phillips, James Hoffmaster
  • Publication number: 20150138638
    Abstract: An optical element includes an optical member made of a material that transmits light; a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer that are stacked on a front surface of the optical member; and a surface protection layer that is formed on an upper most layer among the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer, the surface protection layer being made of a material including one of a mixed oxide of Si and Sn, a mixed oxide of Si and Zr, and a mixed oxide of Si and Al, and the refraction index of the surface protection layer being less than or equal to the refraction index of the high refractive index layer and greater than or equal to the refraction index of the low refractive index layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Mashimo, Susumu Suzuki, Mitsuo Osawa, Koji Miyasaka, Takaaki Murakami
  • Patent number: 8992031
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a display module; a dust-proof plate arranged on an observer side of the display module and configured to substantially seal a surface of the display module; an eyepiece lens arranged on the observer side of the dust-proof plate and movable in an optical axis direction; and a cover member retaining the dust-proof plate and the eyepiece lens, wherein the cover member has an opening for removing foreign matter adhering to the surface of the dust-proof plate opposed to the eyepiece lens and to the surface of the eyepiece lens opposed to the dust-proof plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Ujiie
  • Publication number: 20150062705
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises: an optical film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on at least one side of the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an equilibrium moisture content ratio (a) of 0.5% by weight or less, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer shows a displacement amount (b) of 600 ?m or less in one hour at 23° C., when a tensile shearing stress of 500 gf is applied to an adhesion area of 10 mm×10 mm having a thickness of 25 ?m, and the equilibrium moisture content ratio (a) and the displacement amount (b) satisfy the relation: b<1036.4×e?5.124a. The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film can have high durability in high-temperature environments and be prevented from foaming in such environments, even when the optical film on which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is placed is made of a material with low moisture permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke TOYAMA, Masayuki SATAKE, Teppei NIINO
  • Publication number: 20150065796
    Abstract: An optical unit includes: a cylindrical member whose thickness varies in a circumferential direction; a transparent member disposed at one end, in an axial direction, of the cylindrical member; and a joining member which joins the transparent member to the cylindrical member and thereby seals the cylindrical member at the one end in the axial direction, and a portion, joining a side surface of the transparent member to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, of the joining member is thicker at a position where the cylindrical member is thick than at a position where the cylindrical member is thin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroyuki IWANE
  • Publication number: 20150062316
    Abstract: An endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted into an object to be observed, includes: a substantially tubular holder member mounted to the insertion portion and having an open front end portion including a shoulder surface surrounded by an axial wall; a lens barrel holding an objective lens system and received in the holder member; and a light-transmissive closure member fitted into a front opening defined by the axial wall, and fixed to the front opening by a bonding agent interposed between an outer circumferential surface of the closure member and an opposing inner circumferential surface of the open front end portion of the holder member, wherein a space axially adjoining the shoulder surface is defined between an outer circumferential surface of a front end portion of the lens barrel and an opposing inner circumferential surface of the holder member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Naoyuki HARAGUCHI, Yousuke KAWAUCHI, Tooru TANAKA, Hiroshi NAGAYASU, Ken SHIMONOSONO, Yasuyuki TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150022889
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a housing having an internal space and in which a disposition hole in communication with the internal space is formed, a transparent protection plate mounted on the housing in a state of covering the disposition hole via a waterproofing structure preventing entrance of moisture into the internal space from the disposition hole, an electrostatic capacity panel having a transparent electrode, a polarizing plate that transforms penetrating light into polarized light, and a display panel that displays an image or a video. The polarizing plate, the electrostatic capacity panel, and the display panel are disposed in the housing, as well as the polarizing plate is disposed between the transparent protection plate and the electrostatic capacity panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Amano
  • Patent number: 8928719
    Abstract: A scanning optical apparatus includes an optical box accommodating a deflection device for scanningly deflecting a laser beam emitted by a light source and an optical part for directing the laser beam toward a member-to-be-scanned; a cap mounted to the optical box; a sealing member extending from the cap, wherein the sealing member is made of a material exhibiting easier deformation than the cap, and is contacted to a wall of the optical box in a deformed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shin Mogi
  • Publication number: 20140347730
    Abstract: This invention provides a unit for an image display device in which an optical film laminate and a panel for an image display device are laminated with an adhesive layer therebetween. The optical film laminate contains a polarizer and a polarizer protection functional layer laminated to only one surface of the polarizer. The adhesive layer is laminated to the surface of the polarizer that is opposite to the surface that contacts the polarizer protection functional layer. The panel for an image display device is laminated to the surface of the adhesive layer that is opposite to the surface that contacts the polarizer. A glass transition temperature of the adhesive layer is in a range of from 50° C. to 90° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Takeda, Tadashi Kojima, Toshiki Oomine, Takuya Mori
  • Patent number: 8888301
    Abstract: A foreign matter removal unit includes a rectangular optical member disposed on an optical path, in which is set an optically effective region through which a light flux passes, a piezoelectric device provided to a side of the optical member on the outer side of the optically effective region, and a vibration suppression member provided to a side of the optical member where the piezoelectric device is not provided. The vibration suppression member is provided to the optical member such that an edge face of the side of the optical member does not protrude out from an edge face of the vibration suppression member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshifumi Urakami
  • Patent number: 8873170
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to a replaceable lens cartridge for use with a face mask, for example a respirator. The cartridge comprises a plurality of molded lenses, each lens sized to extend over one or more eyes of a wearer and typically having a curved shape and a plurality of catches; and a molded carrier mounting the lenses in stacked arrangement, the carrier having a first set of catches receiving the catches on one of the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnil Gopal Patil, Joseph Rodrigues, Joseph Venagro, Felix Gauthier, Marc LaMontagne, Bach Dang Duc
  • Publication number: 20140300965
    Abstract: Invention provides unit for image display device in which optical film laminate and panel for image display device are laminated with adhesive layer therebetween. Optical film laminate includes polarizer, polarizer protection functional layer laminated to one surface of polarizer, and surface protection layer laminated to surface of polarizer that is opposite to surface that contacts polarizer protection functional layer. An adhesive layer is laminated to surface of polarizer protection functional layer that is opposite to surface that contacts the polarizer. A panel for image display device is laminated to surface of the adhesive layer that is opposite to surface that contacts the polarizer protection functional layer. Elastic modulus of the adhesive layer, which has been cured, at a temperature of 25° C., is greater than or equal to 1/50 of elastic modulus of layer, from among the layers included in optical film laminate, having smallest elastic modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Takeda, Tadashi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140254016
    Abstract: An optical element includes: a first glass substrate; a second glass substrate; a diffractive element disposed on the first glass substrate and made of a resin; a spacer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and regulating a gap between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate; and a void disposed between the second glass substrate and the diffractive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira EGAWA
  • Patent number: 8830389
    Abstract: An image detecting module includes a socket, a circuit board, an image sensor, an elastic element, a filter and a holder. The socket comprises an inner circumference wall along a main axis for defining an inner space and a platform that extended from the inner circumference wall. Pluralities of mounting holes are provided on the holder and pluralities of protrusions are provided on the socket; thus the elastic element and the filter could be fixed between the platform and the holder by fitting the protrusions into the mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsin Lu, Zheng-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 8814368
    Abstract: An objective for a camera defines an axis and includes an inner objective element and an outer objective element at least partially surrounding the inner objective element. The inner objective element and the outer objective element conjointly define an interface and are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to each other about the axis. A sealing system is disposed at the interface between the inner objective element and the outer objective element and the sealing system includes a plastic foil in contact engagement with the inner objective element and the outer objective element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Michael Hoelz, Karl-Heinz Roesner, Peter Ruff
  • Patent number: 8804238
    Abstract: A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Rupp, Jens Braun, Dominik Vees, Juergen-Michael Weick, Dieter Burger
  • Publication number: 20140204461
    Abstract: A optical device storage package includes a storage portion configured to store an optical device, a base portion which constitutes a bottom portion of the storage portion, a side wall portion which is integrally molded with the base portion and which constitutes a side surface portion of the storage portion, and a first lid portion joined to the side wall portion so as to cover the storage portion, constituting a top portion opposing the bottom portion of the storage portion and hermetically sealing the top portion, wherein the first lid portion is formed of a light-transmissive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo IMAI, Yasushi MATSUNO, Shigemitsu KOIKE, Daisuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20140192411
    Abstract: Provided is an optical device and the like which can suppress a decrease in optical performance even under high-temperature heating environments, such as a ref low process. Since at least one of compound lenses 10 and 110 made of heat-resistant resin includes an antireflection structure 51 as a fine asperity structure layer on an inside surface facing a space, even if a subsequent heat treatment is performed, a decrease in optical performance of the lens due to wrinkling can be prevented unlike a case in which an antireflection film is provided. The antireflection structure 51 is covered, for example, by a thin protective layer 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Kenichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20140192412
    Abstract: A base substrate, a lid that forms an internal space capable of housing a device (variable-wavelength interference filter), and a brazing filler that joins the lid to the base substrate are provided. The lid has: a lid joining portion having a base facing surface that faces the base substrate, an inner lateral surface that continues at an inner end on the side of the internal space of the base facing surface and faces the internal space, an outer lateral surface, and an upper surface; and a lid sidewall portion standing up in a direction away from the base substrate from the upper surface of the lid joining portion. The brazing filler is provided along the base facing surface and the outer lateral surface from the inner end to the upper end of the outer lateral surface via an outer end opposite to the inner end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Imai
  • Patent number: 8684543
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a shutter unit located at a front surface at a subject side of the image pickup unit, a first optical member disposed at a subject side of the shutter unit, and preventing dust particles from entering the shutter unit, a second optical member disposed at the image pickup unit side of the shutter unit, and preventing dust particles from entering the shutter unit, and a vibration applying vibration member disposed on at least one of the first optical member and the second optical member, and vibrating the first optical member or the second optical member at a position outside a region where a subject light transmits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Koji Sakatani
  • Publication number: 20140078585
    Abstract: A window covers a display panel including a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area neighboring the display area by a resin. The window includes a window main body including a transmitting area corresponding to the display area and a blocking area neighboring the transmitting area and corresponding to the non-display area; a light blocking layer provided on the window main body corresponding to the blocking area; and a contamination preventing layer provided on a region of the window main body located near or at a border line between the transmitting area and the blocking area. The contamination preventing layer contacts the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-Ho Kim, Hwan-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8670173
    Abstract: A moisture-resistant suspended particle device film comprising a cured suspended particle device emulsion having a plurality of uncrosslinked droplets of a liquid light valve suspension distributed throughout the cured emulsion; first and second glass or plastic sheets located outwardly from and sandwiching the cured emulsion, wherein located on an inner aspect of each sheet, adjacent the cured emulsion, is a thin, transparent, electrically conductive coating, the coating serving as an electrode to permit passage of an applied electric field through the cured emulsion; and a moisture-resistant barrier located around an entire outer peripheral edge portion of the film, wherein the barrier is comprised of a barrier material that eliminates or at least reduces passage of moisture from outside the film into the cured emulsion, thus preventing development of a light-frame pattern in the film that would otherwise be caused by the moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Research Frontiers Incorporated
    Inventors: Dongyan Wang, Steven M. Slovak, Robert L. Saxe, Xiao-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20140049825
    Abstract: An opto-electric device is presented that comprises an opto-electric element (10) enclosed by a barrier structure (20) for inhibiting a transmission of moisture from an environment towards the opto-electric element. The barrier structure includes a stack of layers comprising at least an inorganic layer (22) and a moisture getter material in a layer arranged between the inorganic layer and the opto-electric element. The stack includes a lateral diffusion layer (26), wherein the getter material is present in a separate getter layer (24) arranged between the opto-electric element (10) and the lateral diffusion layer (26) and/or the getter material is present in the lateral diffusion layer (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Dlectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Maria Bernardus van Mol, Peter van de Weijer, Dimiter Lubomirov Kotzev
  • Publication number: 20140049826
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical member, a display device including the same and a method of manufacturing the same. The optical member includes a wavelength conversion layer; and a capping part covering lateral sides of the wavelength conversion layer. The capping part includes an organic substance and an inorganic substance to improve the sealing function of the wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Hwa Lee, Jeong Taek Oh, Gwang Hei Choi
  • Patent number: 8651673
    Abstract: Efficiently suppressing chatter of a mirror face of a mirror. In a vehicle door mirror device, a case is disposed at a back face side of a mirror, a substrate unit is accommodated in the case, gap between the mirror and the case is sealed by sealing agent, thereby sealing the substrate unit. The holder, the case and the sealing agent are integrated together. A press contact tab is integrally provided to a housing box of the holder such that the press contact tab makes press contact with an anti-vibration pillar. The supporting rigidity to the mirror at the position of the substrate unit can accordingly be efficiently raised, vibration of the mirror due to the substrate unit can be efficiently suppressed, and chatter of a mirror face of the mirror can be efficiently suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masatsugu Ohashi, Takashi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140043685
    Abstract: Techniques and configurations are provided for packaging optoelectronic devices. In particular, a lid component of an optoelectronic device is provided, and the lid component is configured to cover active components of the optoelectronic device. An optically transparent wall is also provided. The optically transparent wall is coated with an anti-reflective material and configured to interface with a section of the lid component. The optically transparent wall is joined with the section of the lid component such that the optically transparent wall and the lid provide a seal for the active components of the optoelectronic device. Additionally, the lid component has a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces that are coupled to the top surface. An optically transparent wall coated with an anti-reflective material adhesively joins to the top surface and one or more side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kishor V. Desai, Ravinder Kachru, Soham R. Pathak, Utpal Kumar Chakrabarti
  • Publication number: 20130342906
    Abstract: An optical instrument, in particular an endoscope, with a hollow instrument housing for receiving optical elements, wherein the distal end and/or proximal end is closed in a fluidtight manner via an end window. In order to create an optical instrument which, while being easy to assemble, ensures a reliable fluid-tight seal of the instrument housing even during autoclaving, it is proposed according to the invention that the end windows are each sealed off in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the instrument housing via at least one spring-loaded sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Jan Dahmen
  • Patent number: 8585220
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an optical element, including: forming a frame portion on a substrate and forming a structural body in a space portion surrounded by the frame portion to thereby form a first optical member; disposing a second optical member on the first optical member in a reduced pressure environment to form an optical element in which the space portion is sealed in a pressure-reduced state; and exposing the optical element to the atmosphere to thereby bring the structural body and the second optical member into close contact with each other by a differential pressure between the atmosphere and the space portion sealed in the pressure-reduced state. Accordingly, it is possible to, when the optical element is bonded, suppress damage to the optical element during the bonding and further improve the function and strength of the optical element without use of an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahide Iwakata, Kazuhiro Arai, Junji Terada
  • Patent number: 8556435
    Abstract: An apparatus including a cap is provided for covering, protecting, removing moisture from, and cleaning a lens of a device such as a scope of a firearm. The inner portion of the apparatus contains a moisture-wicking material. The cap may be manipulated to clean and remove moisture from the lens, such that when the cap is opened, the lens is clean and moisture-free, with the scope ready for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventors: Brian Strawderman, Cindy Strawderman, Herbert F. Ley
  • Patent number: 8548318
    Abstract: A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole, and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a virtual axis on a surface of the member. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce the vibration on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop is surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. When a thickness of the dust-screening member is assumed to be tg and a thickness of the vibrating member is assumed to be tp, tg/tp has a dimension of 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Olympus Imaging Corp., Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Sumio Kawai, Takashi Miyazawa, Yusuke Rimmi
  • Patent number: 8545114
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens system, an image sensor, and an actuator. The actuator is fixed relative to the image sensor, and the actuator moves the lens system relative to the image sensor to achieve focus. Components that move relative to each other result in gaps or spaces between the components, an in particular there is a gap between the lens system and the actuator. Such a gap provides a traveling path for foreign material, or particulates, to enter the camera module and reach the image sensor, or other intermediate optical components between the lens system and the image sensor. A camera contamination reduction apparatus is implemented as a protective membrane that prevents foreign material from reaching the internal optical components through the traveling path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation
    Inventors: Prebesh Pavithran, Ooi Yeow Thiam, Cheng Haw Chyn, Wong Hung Khin
  • Patent number: 8532475
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera module, including: a lens barrel having a plurality of lenses embedded therein to collect images of external subjects; a housing receiving the lens barrel; a sealing member provided between the lens barrel and the housing to seal a space therebetween; and a bonding part performing bonding treatment on a space between the lens barrel and the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Gu Kim, Sang Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20130222913
    Abstract: An optical component includes: a plastic base which has a convex surface and a concave surface; and a multilayer film which is disposed on at least the convex surface of the plastic base. The multilayer film has an average reflectivity of 2% to 10% over a wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON-ESSILOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: NIKON-ESSILOR CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130155510
    Abstract: An objective for a camera defines an axis and includes an inner objective element and an outer objective element at least partially surrounding the inner objective element. The inner objective element and the outer objective element conjointly define an interface and are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to each other about the axis. A sealing system is disposed at the interface between the inner objective element and the outer objective element and the sealing system includes a plastic foil in contact engagement with the inner objective element and the outer objective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS AG
    Inventor: Carl Zeiss AG
  • Patent number: 8457487
    Abstract: A camera assembly includes a camera module, a dustproof cover and a sealing ring. The dustproof cover is assembled in front of the camera module. The sealing ring is hermetically sandwiched between the dustproof cover and the camera module. The camera module, the sealing ring and the dustproof cover cooperatively define a closed chamber. A portable electronic device using the camera assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Ming-Fu Luo
  • Publication number: 20130114141
    Abstract: Techniques and architecture are disclosed for implementing an optical dome bezel to interface an optical dome/window and a housing of differing coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs), In some embodiments, the bezel may comprise a material (e.g., Ti-6Al-4V) that is CTE-matched to the optical dome material (e.g., silicon, germanium, sapphire, ALON), thereby mitigating temperature effects on system performance. In some embodiments, the bezel may include a radially compliant flexure feature (e.g., flexure blades, spring-form S-channels), which mitigates physical stress effects (e.g., vibration, thermal expansion/contraction, etc.) on system performance. In some embodiments, the bezel may include an integral environmental sealing feature (e.g., O-ring gaskets), which protects internal optics/electronics from external environmental hazards (e.g., moisture, corrosive substances, particulates, debris).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integrations Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Sindledecker, Gerard A. Esposito, Sixing She
  • Patent number: 8428455
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an image sensor unit, a retaining member configured to retain the image sensor unit on a photographer side and to retain an optical member on an object side, a first sealing member configured, when the image sensor unit is mounted on the retaining member, to form a closely sealed space by sealing between the image sensor unit and the retaining member, the first sealing member being provided on the photographer side of the retaining member, and a second sealing member configured, when the optical member is mounted on the retaining member, to form a closely sealed space by sealing between the optical member and the retaining member, the second sealing member being provided on the object side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Asai, Masanori Sakai