Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With support
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Dinh, Jack (Department: 2873)
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With support
C359S811000, C359S818000, C359S740000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07969667
ABSTRACT:
A lens assembly comprises a lens group M and a lens frame1for retaining the lens group M. In this lens assembly, the lens frame1has an entire circumference support2bfor supporting the rim on the subject side, of each lens M, across the entire circumference thereof, and an end face support2afor supporting the lens M on the image side. Each lens M comprises a chamfer3bformed at a rim of a lens surface on the subject side across the entire circumference thereof, and the entire circumference support2bsupports the chamfer3bsuch that the entire circumference support2bis continuous with the lens surface at substantially the same radius of curvature with the lens surface. According to the present invention, there is provided a lens assembly which can reduce size and cost and has stable lens retaining ability.
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patent: 7-1071 (1995-01-01), None
patent: 07-010710 (1995-02-01), None
patent: 2007-065017 (2007-03-01), None
patent: 2007-121612 (2007-05-01), None
Ichikawa Hideaki
Sodeyama Toshiya
Tanabe Yasutaka
Dinh Jack
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Olympus Imaging Corp.
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