Lens Mounts Patents (Class 359/819)
  • Patent number: 10996419
    Abstract: A novel optical component mount is disclosed, which includes at least one first mount body with at least one adjustment member traversing through at least one adjustment member passage formed in the first mount body. At least one second mount body is configured with at least one component aperture formed therein and at least one insert receiver formed therein. The insert receiver is configured to receive at least one thermal compensating positioning insert positioned in the insert receiver. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the thermal compensating positioning insert is configured to be equal to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the adjustment member. At least one engaging body is positioned in the thermal compensating insert and engages the adjustment member. The engaging body is configured having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the thermal compensating positioning insert and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NEWPORT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Huang, James Fisher
  • Patent number: 10989891
    Abstract: An optical lens, including: an optical portion located at a central position; and a peripheral portion surrounding the optical portion. The peripheral portion includes: a first surrounding portion connected to the optical portion and surrounding the optical portion; and a second surrounding portion surrounding the first surrounding portion and having a lens cutting surface. A thickness of the first surrounding portion in a direction of an optical axis of the optical lens is greater than a thickness of the second surrounding portion in the direction of the optical axis of the optical lens, and the lens cutting surface extends from an object side of the second surrounding portion to an image side of the second surrounding portion along the direction of the optical axis. The optical lens disclosed in the present disclosure has an advantage of preventing internal cracking of the optical lens when the optical lens is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuandong Wei
  • Patent number: 10969561
    Abstract: A driving mechanism for moving an optical element is provided, including a housing, a frame, a holder, and a driving assembly. The frame is fixed to the housing and forms a depressed surface adjacent to the housing. Specifically, the depressed surface faces the housing and is not in contact with the housing. The holder is movably disposed in the housing for holding the optical element. The drive assembly is disposed in the housing to drive the holder and the optical element to move relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Bing-Ru Song, Yi-Ho Chen, Chia-Pin Hsu, Chih-Wei Weng, Shin-Hua Chen, Chien-Lun Huang, Chao-Chun Chang, Shou-Jen Liu, Kun-Shih Lin, Nai-Wen Hsu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Shang-Yu Hsu, Yu-Huai Liao, Yi-Hsin Nieh, Shih-Ting Huang, Kuo-Chun Kao, Fu-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10942327
    Abstract: A centering pin pushes an inclining surface provided as part of a side section of a lens frame that accommodates a centering target lens that is a centering target lens group to allow the centering target lens to move in a centering direction. In this process, an end surface of the lens frame is always urged against a reference surface that positions the lens frame attached to an attachment section of a lens barrel in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Okubo
  • Patent number: 10921543
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is difficult to be broken by external forces without upsizing the lens barrel or degrading optical performance. The lens barrel has a lens holding member, an exterior frame disposed on a subject side of the lens holding member, a guide member disposed on an outer peripheral side of the lens holding member to guide the lens holding member movably in the optical axis direction, and a cam ring held rotatably on an outer peripheral side of the guide member. The lens holding member and the exterior frame are engaged with respective different cam grooves disposed in the cam ring and are driven by the cam ring in a state of being urged by an elastic member in such directions as that the lens holding member and the exterior frame are separated from each other in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Uemura
  • Patent number: 10917570
    Abstract: A mode selection assembly includes a selecting ring coupled to a lens barrel of an imaging device and a gear ring coupled to the lens barrel or a housing of the imaging device. The selecting ring is configured to be turned to select a selected imaging mode from among a plurality of imaging modes of the imaging device, and is configured to engage with the gear ring to form a plurality of gear positions. A chosen one of the gear positions corresponds to the selected imaging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jidong Wei
  • Patent number: 10914869
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes a lens including an optical portion refracting light and a flange portion extending along a portion of a circumference of the optical portion, a blocking member disposed in front of the lens and having an opening to allow light to be incident on the lens, and a lens barrel accommodating the lens. The optical portion is noncircular and a portion of the blocking member facing the optical portion in an optical axis direction is located to be higher than a portion of the blocking member facing the flange portion in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Tae Su Choi, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
  • Patent number: 10908385
    Abstract: A mechanism for attaching and detaching a tripod seat, comprising: a first tripod seat unit; and a second tripod seat unit to which the first tripod seta unit is detachably attached, wherein: one of the first tripod seat unit and the second tripod seat unit has a first fixing member and a second fixing member formed to be screwed together; the other of the first tripod seat unit and the second tripod seat unit has an attachment part brought to be in pressure contact with the second fixing member by screwing the first fixing member to the second fixing member; and by bringing the attachment part to be in pressure contact with the second fixing member, the first tripod seat unit is fixed to the second tripod seat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Ooya
  • Patent number: 10895709
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an optical system L0 including a plurality of lenses. The optical system L0 is changeable to a first state in which a focal length of the optical system L0 is a first focal length and a second state in which the focal length is a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, by changing one or some of the plurality of lenses. The maximum image heights and maximum angle of views in the first state and the second state are substantially constant and satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maki Yokoya, Yoshihisa Tashiro, Takayoshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10890732
    Abstract: A lens is provided. The lens comprises a lens body. The lens body is substantially in a shape of a circular table. A small end of the lens body is provided with a concave inner light source accommodation space. The inner surface of the light source accommodation space is an incident surface of light. A surface of a large end of the lens body is an exit surface, and a side surface of the lens body is a reflecting surface. A bottom of the light source accommodation space is provided with a cylindrical protrusion. A cross section dimension of the light source accommodation space gradually decreases, from the small end of the lens to the large end of the lens. The cylindrical protrusion is formed by protrusion from the bottom of the light source accommodation space toward the small end of the lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NINGBO VASA INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 10845563
    Abstract: An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein: the accessory-side protruding portion has a contacting portion to contact with the elastic member; and a distance between the eighth terminal and the contacting portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the contacting portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the contacting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Goto, Osamu Katsuda, Koji Nagaoka, Takayuki Funaoka
  • Patent number: 10847664
    Abstract: An optical package is proposed comprising a carrier, an optoelectronic component, an aspheric lens, and a reflective layer. The carrier comprises electrical interconnections and the optoelectric component is arranged for emitting and/or detecting electromagnetic radiation in a specified wavelength range. Furthermore, the optoelectric component is mounted on the carrier or integrated into the carrier and electrically connected to the electric interconnections. The aspheric lens has an upper surface, a lateral surface, and a bottom surface and the bottom surface is arranged on or near the optoelectric component. The aspheric lens comprises a material which is at least transparent in the specified wavelength range. The reflective layer comprises a reflective material, wherein the reflective layer at least partly covers the lateral surface of the aspheric lens, and wherein the reflective material is at least partly reflective in the specified wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: David Mehrl, Thomas Bodner, Gregor Toschkoff, Harald Etschmaier, Franz Schrank
  • Patent number: 10831114
    Abstract: A lithography machine includes an optical element, an interface coupled to the optical element, and a component which is separate from the interface. The interface is directly connected to the optical element. The optical element includes an engaging section. The component has a counter engaging section configured to engage with the engaging section of the optical element to connect the component form-fittingly and/or force-fittingly to the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Liebaug, Franz-Josef Stickel, Jürgen Hofmann, Dietmar Dürr
  • Patent number: 10831084
    Abstract: An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein a distance between the eighth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Goto, Osamu Katsuda, Koji Nagaoka, Takayuki Funaoka
  • Patent number: 10809203
    Abstract: There is described an inspection device for inspecting a slot of a gas turbine engine. The inspection device comprises: an insert for insertion into the slot; a plurality of imaging devices coupled to the insert; and a processor. The insert is movable along a longitudinal axis of the slot. Each of the plurality of imaging devices is positioned adjacent an external surface of the insert and is configured to capture an image of a portion of the slot adjacent the imaging device. The processor is configured to receive data corresponding to the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices. There is also described a method of inspecting a slot using the inspection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Wei Keong Ten, Murukeshan Vadakke Matham, Iulian Marinescu, Nicholas Weeks, Wei Yi Yeoh, Aswin Haridas
  • Patent number: 10795117
    Abstract: A lens barrel is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, wherein a large amount of shake can be corrected. This lens barrel includes a mounting part that is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, including: an image forming optical system that forms a subject image for the image pickup unit; a support unit that supports at least a portion of the image forming optical system; and a fixed unit that is disposed outside of the support unit and that is fixed to the mounting unit. The support part is relatively rotatable and moveable with respect to the fixed unit, about at least two axes which are substantially orthogonal to the light axis of the image forming optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Kunihiko Shimizu, Teppei Okuyama, Noriyasu Kotani, Hisanori Togawa
  • Patent number: 10795110
    Abstract: A lens module is disclosed. The lens module includes a lens barrel having a first bonding face; a first lens; and a fixing component installed inside the lens barrel and including a second bonding face. At least one the first bonding face and the second bonding face is configured to be lumpy, and the first bonding face and the second bonding face are bonded by glue. The first bonding face, the second bonding face and the glue form a bonding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuandong Wei
  • Patent number: 10795114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes: a base; a first supporting frame supported by the base body; a second supporting frame supported by the first supporting frame; a third supporting frame covering and fixed to the second supporting frame and enclosing an accommodating space together with the second supporting frame; a barrel accommodated in the accommodating space and elastic members made of memory alloys and configured to drive the first supporting frame to move in a first direction with respect to the base body, drive the third supporting frame and the second supporting frame to move in a second direction with respect to the first supporting frame and drive the barrel to move in a direction of its optical axis. Any two of the first direction, the second direction and the direction of the optical axis are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bingke Zhu, Kaiyan Gao
  • Patent number: 10763734
    Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a base, a housing, a lower-resilient member, a lens frame, a coil, a magnet, an upper-resilient member, an upper cover plate, and a pin arranged on the base. The lower-resilient member, the lens frame, the coil, the magnet, the upper-resilient member, and the upper cover plate are arranged in sequence between the base and the housing. The lens frame and the coil are integrally formed. The coil surrounds an outer surface of the lens frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Long-Fei Zhang, Shin-Wen Chen, Yu-Shuai Li, Kun Li
  • Patent number: 10750064
    Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a lens barrel having a lens accommodated therein, a front camera housing portion that accommodates an imager printed circuit board therein, and a rear camera housing portion mated with a rear portion of said front camera housing so as to encase the imager printed circuit board in the camera module. The imager printed circuit board is disposed at the lens barrel and bonded thereat with the imager optically aligned with an optical axis of the optical elements. The front camera housing portion may include mounting structure for mounting at a vehicle. The camera module has a center of mass, and distance from the optical axis of the lens to the mounting structure may be the same as distance from the center of mass to the mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Steven V. Byrne, Yuesheng Lu, Jonathan D. Conger, Rene Dreiocker
  • Patent number: 10712527
    Abstract: An imaging lens module includes a plastic barrel, an optical lens assembly and a glue material. The plastic barrel includes an outer object-end surface, an outer image-end surface and an inner tube surface. The inner tube surface connects the outer object-end surface and the outer image-end surface, and includes a plurality of parallel inner surfaces. A plurality of stripe structures are disposed on and protruded from at least one of the parallel inner surfaces, wherein the stripe structures are regularly arranged along a circumferential direction of the parallel inner surface. The optical lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements disposed in the plastic barrel and arranged along the optical axis, wherein an outer annular surface of at least one of the optical elements is disposed correspondingly to the stripe structures. The glue material is applied among the outer annular surface and the stripe structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Hua Tsai, Ming-Ta Chou, Ming-Shun Chang
  • Patent number: 10712526
    Abstract: An optical device mount is made largely as a single unitary, continuous, and monolithic piece of material. The single-material piece for optical mount includes a frame, a pair of overlapping plates that secure an optical device (an optic) such as a lens or mirror, and flexures that couple the plates to each other and to the frame, so as to allow tilt of the optical device relative to the frame in multiple directions. The optical device mount may include tilt adjustment mechanisms for adjusting the tilt in the multiple directions, for example by putting forces on the plates and/or frame that cause flexing at the flexures, thereby tilting the optical device. The material for the single piece of the optical mount may be any of a variety of suitable materials, such as metals, polymers, or other suitable materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Grant Hallock, Andrew Truxel
  • Patent number: 10705330
    Abstract: A lens includes a lens body comprising a cylindrical surface along an optical axis direction and a fixed portion radially outwardly protruding from the lens body, comprising a diameter diminishing more and more from an image side toward a subject side along an optical axis of the lens body, and including an inclined surface contiguous to the cylindrical surface of the lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okada, Katsumi Tsuji, Yasushi Koshiba, Takatoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 10663270
    Abstract: A threaded member has a discontinuous helical thread ridge 15 on which a plurality of dividing portions 14 are formed in the middle. At least one of the discontinuous portions of the thread ridge 15, which is interposed between the dividing portions 14, is a locking portion 18 which is configured such that a flank angle of one flank, out of flanks on both sides of the thread ridge 15, is smaller than a flank angle of a flank corresponding to a basic ridge profile and at least part of the flank is disposed on an outside of the flank corresponding to the basic ridge profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Jinta Serizawa
  • Patent number: 10624527
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical unit for endoscope includes: a process of fabricating a plurality of element wafers each including an optical element having an optical path portion and a spacer portion; a first adhesion process of fabricating a laminated wafer by adhering the element wafers with a first adhesive portion composed of a solid first adhesive disposed in a gap between the spacer portions; a second adhesion process of fabricating a bonded wafer by injecting a liquid second adhesive in the gap between the spacer portions; a curing process of performing curing treatment on the second adhesive; and a process of cutting the bonded wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Maeda
  • Patent number: 10591695
    Abstract: Provided is an optical device including an object-side body portion to and from which an eyepiece-side support member supporting an eyepiece system optical component can be attached and removed; an objective system optical component supported on the object-side body portion; a housing section that houses at least a portion of the eyepiece-side support member; a manipulation member by which a rotation manipulation is performed on the housing section; a following member that is driven and displaced by the manipulation member being rotated; and a gripping member that has at least a portion thereof arranged inside the housing section and grips the eyepiece-side support member when the following member is displaced. The manipulation member rotates freely relative to the following member when a gripping force exerted on the eyepiece-side support member by the gripping member reaches a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10574867
    Abstract: An imaging device may include a housing and a pair of lenses mounted in the housing. A mechanism maintains the lenses in a horizontal orientation when the housing is rotated about an imaging axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David I. Shaw, William C. Deleeuw, Tondra J. Schlieski, Lucas B. Ainsworth
  • Patent number: 10551751
    Abstract: A lithography apparatus and device manufacturing methods are disclosed. A lithography apparatus includes a support stage, and a measurement system including a sensor part and a reference part, the measurement system being configured to determine the position and/or orientation of the support stage, or of a component mounted on the support stage, relative to a reference frame by using the sensor part to interact with the reference part, wherein: the reference frame comprises N sub-frames coupled together so as to behave predominantly as a single rigid body with respect to vibrations below a first reference frequency and predominantly as an N-body system with respect to vibrations above a second reference frequency, where N is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Butler, Marc Wilhelmus Maria Van Der Wijst
  • Patent number: 10547788
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having a first face that faces a first direction and a second face that faces a second direction which is opposite the first face, in which the first face is formed to have an at least partially transparent portion and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent portion; a camera located within the housing and including an image sensor that faces the first direction through the at least partially transparent portion in the housing; an acoustic component structure including a space that is at least partially formed between the camera and the second face of the housing and connected to the at least one opening, and at least one vibrating structure that is located in the space and is movable in the first direction or the second direction to generate sound; a circuit that is located within the housing and is electrically connected to the acoustic component structure to provide a sound-associated signal to the acoustic component structure; and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Park, Joon-Rae Cho, Hyun-Ho Yu, Han-Bom Park, Byoung-Uk Yoon, Kyung-Hee Lee, Ho-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10545350
    Abstract: There is provided a lens element which can maintain an accuracy of the axis alignment between the lens elements and effectively suppress occurrence of ghosting and flares, and an imaging lens unit including such lens element. The fourth lens element 40 of the imaging lens unit 1 integrally comprises a lens portion 41 and an edge portion 42 surrounding the lens portion. The edge portion 42 is provided with an annular step portion 43 as an abut portion for axis alignment with a third lens element 30, and a light shielding portion 46 formed of vapor-deposited films are provided at the annular step portion 43.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Terai, Shigeru Endo, Takanori Sato
  • Patent number: 10539879
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an optical component, a support mechanism configured to support the optical component, a manipulation mechanism configured to manipulate the optical component while contacting the optical component such that a state of the optical component is changed. The optical component is changed by the manipulation mechanism from a first state in which the optical component is supported by the support mechanism to a second state in which the optical component is supported by the manipulation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Satoshi Tomura, Masato Hagiri, Mitsuru Seki
  • Patent number: 10506141
    Abstract: A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a camera housing, a PCB having circuitry disposed thereat, and a lens assembly. The circuitry includes an imager disposed at one side of the PCB, and the circuitry includes connecting terminals that protrude from the circuit board. The PCB is disposed in the camera housing and retained thereat via a fastener. The camera housing is open at a rear portion, and a sealing material is dispensed in the camera housing to seal the PCB and the connecting terminals in the camera housing. An electrical connector receives the connecting terminals and is disposed at an outer portion of the sealing material at the rear of the camera housing. The sealing material includes a thermally conductive resin and is dispensed in the camera housing in an uncured state. The sealing material, when cured, attaches the electrical connector at the rear portion of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Marc-Andre Sigle
  • Patent number: 10451891
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin on which a first coil is disposed, a first magnet disposed around the bobbin to face the first coil, and a housing, which is disposed to surround at least a portion of the bobbin and has a first magnet mounting seat, which receives the first magnet, wherein the housing is provided with an adhesive inlet, which allows a side portion of the first magnet mounting seat to communicate with an outside surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Cho, Seung Taek Shin, In Jae Yeo, Sang Hee Lee, Jin Suk Han, Jung Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 10444411
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes at least two lens elements and at least one light blocking sheet. Each of the lens elements includes a connecting structure for aligning the two lens elements. Each of the connecting structures includes a connecting surface and a circular conical surface, and a receiving space is formed between the two lens elements. A vertical distance between the receiving space and an optical axis is shorter than a vertical distance between each circular conical surface and the optical axis. The light blocking sheet is received in the receiving space and has a polygonal opening, and an outside diameter of the light blocking sheet is smaller than or equal to a minimum diameter of each circular conical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10444463
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly is disclosed, which including a lens unit and a holder, wherein the lens unit includes at least a front lens and a rear lens, and the holder includes a positioning portion and a holding portion extended downwardly the positioning portion, wherein the positioning portion and the holding portion are integrated with each other, wherein the holding portion forms a light chamber for holding the lens unit therein, wherein the light chamber allows imaging lights to enter thereinto and pass through the lens unit, wherein the positioning portion is sealed on the outer surface of the front lens along the outer periphery of the front lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Automotive Optech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Yang, Heteng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10394045
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus with a lens portion having at least one lens, a base portion on which an image sensor detecting light coming through said lens portion can be fixed, a driving portion capable of relatively moving said lens portion in a vertical direction to a light axis of said lens portion and in a parallel direction to the light axis of said lens portion with respect to said base portion, and at least three suspension wires connecting a focus portion including said lens portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement. The suspension wires are arranged outside a magnet of said driving portion along the vertical direction to the light axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Yi-Lang Chan
  • Patent number: 10379312
    Abstract: A lens arrangement for an optical unit operating in a predetermined spectral range, includes at least two lenses (11-14, 114) of material, which transmits in the spectral range, and a common casing (15), in which the lenses are arranged sequentially. The lenses are at least substantially aligned radially, axially and angularly inclined relative to a common optical axis. Adjacent lenses in the sequence are mounted to allow relative movement therebetween. Abutment faces (2) of the lenses rest against one another. An elastic tensioner (21) pretensions the sequence of lenses in the axial direction. Only one of the lenses (11) in the sequence is axially aligned by way of the common casing. Only a portion of the lenses (11, 114) in the sequence are radially aligned by the common casing; the remaining lenses are aligned with respect to one another by the abutment faces of the respectively adjacent lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BRUKER OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Hirth, Axel Keens
  • Patent number: 10379289
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical zooming system for use on fusion splicers. The system may include a lens, camera, and a zooming mechanism, which allows the camera and the lens to move relative to each other. The zooming mechanism may be set to a “zoom out” configuration for aligning the cores of fibers. The zooming mechanism may also be set to a “zoom in” configuration for adjusting fibers with a large diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Toshirou Mizushima, Hiroshi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10371960
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus with a lens portion having at least one lens, a base portion on which an image sensor detecting light coming through said lens portion can be fixed, a driving portion capable of relatively moving said lens portion in a vertical direction to a light axis of said lens portion and in a parallel direction to the light axis of said lens portion with respect to said base portion, and at least three suspension wires connecting a focus portion including said lens portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement. The suspension wires are arranged outside a magnet of said driving portion along the vertical direction to the light axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Yi-Lang Chan
  • Patent number: 10365451
    Abstract: A lens array of an embodiment comprises: a plurality of lenses arranged along an optical axis direction between an object and an image forming plane; a first spacer placed among the plurality of lenses; and an elastic member placed between the lower surface of the first spacer and an upper surface of at least one lens between first and second lenses, which have different widths, face the lower surface of the first spacer, and are arranged side by side along the optical axis direction among the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Hun Sung
  • Patent number: 10353166
    Abstract: An image focus alignment structure includes a base, a lens barrel, a first sealant layer and a second sealant layer. The base has a first installation portion and a second installation portion. The lens barrel is disposed on the base. The first sealant layer is for fixing a partial barrel body of the lens barrel on the first installation portion. The second sealant layer is for fixing another partial barrel body of the lens barrel on the second installation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wen-Liang Hsu
  • Patent number: 10345690
    Abstract: An optical apparatus including a light combining optical apparatus that combines color light fluxes modulated by a first and a second light modulators with each other includes an inorganic polarizer disposed on the light exiting side of the first light modulator, a transparent substrate that is in contact with the inorganic polarizer and transmits light, a supporting section that supports the first light modulator and is attached to the light combining optical apparatus, and a clamping section that clamps, along with the supporting section, the inorganic polarizer and the transparent substrate. The clamping section includes a engaging section that engages with the supporting section and an urging section that urges the inorganic polarizer toward the transparent substrate when the engaging section engages with the supporting section, and the supporting section has a receiving section that receives the transparent substrate pressed by the urging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Nagumo
  • Patent number: 10336025
    Abstract: A compound lens and a related method of manufacture are provided. The compound lens includes a first lens element and a second lens element such that a light emitting surface of the first lens element is integrally joined to a light receiving surface of the second lens element, the first and second lens element being in optical alignment with each other. The first and second lens element are molded from optical grade silicone and can achieve complex illumination objectives not possible with single lens constructions. The method of manufacture includes injecting a silicone resin molding compound into a mold cavity having the desired shape of the compound lens. The method of manufacture can include over-molding a lens holding member onto the compound lens and adding electro-optically active particles to a surface of the compound lens or to the silicone resin forming the compound lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Lumenflow Corp., Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Harold W. Brunt, Jr., Michael R. Strong, Gilbert M. Pinter
  • Patent number: 10303046
    Abstract: A projector includes a light modulation device; a projection lens; a hermetic housing; a projector housing containing the hermetic housing; a heat exchanger; an air guide wall being located in the hermetic housing and partitioning the air guide passage from a main space containing the light modulation device, the air guide wall including: a communication part adjoining the heat exchanger and providing communication between the air guide passage and the main space, and an opening functioning as an inlet for guiding air from the main space into the air guide passage after the air has passed through the heat exchanger; and a fan located at the inlet so as to introduce the air in the main space into the air guide passage, to guide the air in the air guide passage to the communication part, and to blow the air from the communication part to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Masato Tanaka, Kento Ishimuro, Kazunori Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10288778
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes at least two lens elements and at least one light blocking sheet. Each of the lens elements includes a connecting structure for aligning the two lens elements. Each of the connecting structures includes a connecting surface and a circular conical surface, and a receiving space is formed between the two lens elements. A vertical distance between the receiving space and an optical axis is shorter than a vertical distance between each circular conical surface and the optical axis. The light blocking sheet is received in the receiving space and has a polygonal opening, and an outside diameter of the light blocking sheet is smaller than or equal to a minimum diameter of each circular conical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10288834
    Abstract: A lens module includes a lens barrel having a first bonding surface; a first lens received in the lens barrel and having a second bonding surface which is a side surface of the first lens. At least one of the first bonding surface and the second surface is uneven, and the first bonding surface and the second surface are glued by adhesive. The first bonding surface and the second surface and the adhesive form a gluing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Chuandong Wei
  • Patent number: 10288095
    Abstract: An optical assembly has an optical element mounted in the cavity of a barrel. A flexible ring is in contact with one of the surfaces of the optical element. The flexible ring has ring threads engaging barrel threads within the cavity. The flexible ring has a biased state in which the ring threads press against the barrel threads, and is resiliently deformable to a compressed state allowing screwing of the flexible ring within the cavity. In one variant, multiple subassemblies each having an optical element and a flexible ring are provided in the cavity of a barrel. The optical elements of subassemblies subsequent to the first one are supported by the flexible ring of the previous subassembly. The pressing of the ring threads against the barrel threads prevents a lateral shift of the flexible ring within the cavity, eliminating the decentering observed with conventional retaining rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE
    Inventors: Frédéric Lamontagne, Nichola Desnoyers
  • Patent number: 10284757
    Abstract: An imaging device has a lens holding member; a base member for holding the lens holding member; and a substrate to which the base member is secured. The lens holding member holds at least one lens. The base member has a contact surface that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, and contacts an end face of the lens holding member in a state wherein the lens holding member is held; and an opening portion through which passes the optical axis of the lens, provided in the contact surface. The substrate has an imaging element on which light that has passed through the lens and through the opening portion of the base member is incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Nakamura, Ryo Kikuta
  • Patent number: 10268045
    Abstract: An adjustable multiple-ring polarizing neutral-density filter assembly with an elastic engaging member for axial ring securement includes a fixedly connecting ring and a first pivotally connecting ring. The fixedly connecting ring is mounted with a polarizing lens and has a first end threadedly connectable to a camera lens and an opposite second end axially provided with a receiving groove. The elastic engaging member is mounted in the receiving groove and has a free end extending out of or forced into the receiving groove. The first pivotally connecting ring is mounted with another polarizing lens and has one end pivotally connected to the second end of the fixedly connecting ring and circumferentially provided with an engaging portion. The free end of the elastic engaging member can press against the bottom wall of any of the engaging recesses in the engaging portion to maintain the corresponding light-reducing effect while being shaken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Tien-Pei Meng
  • Patent number: 10241324
    Abstract: A machine learning device acquires decision data including an adjustment time of a position and an orientation of an optical part and a state of light measured by a light measurement device. The machine learning device includes a learning unit that learns a procedure for adjusting the position and the orientation of the optical part. The learning unit includes a reward calculation unit that calculates a reward based on the alignment adjustment time and the state of light, and a value function updating unit that updates a value function based on the reward. The learning unit includes a decision unit that sets a movement method of the optical part based on the value function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michinori Maeda