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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7289282 | Lens barrel for holding lens A lens barrel for holding a lens includes a barrel body for containing the lens. A ring shaped receiving wall is formed on the barrel body, for receiving a rear face of a peripheral portion of the lens, to position the lens in an optical axis direction. Three retain... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289283 | Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus A lens barrel includes a lens moving frame configured to hold an image pickup lens; a barrel member configured to support the lens moving frame for back and forth linear movement along the direction of an optical axis of the image pickup lens; the lens moving frame ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286307 | Method for fixing optical member and optical unit A method for fixing an optical member of an optical unit including the optical member and a holding member is provided. The holding member includes positioning portions for positioning the optical member. The optical member and the holding member are fixed to each o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286448 | Actuator for use in pickup device in reducing lens distortion Provided is an actuator for use in a pickup device, which can improve the quality of the pickup device by reducing a lens distortion even when the frequency of an electromagnetic drive rises beyond a servo band and causes resonance of a lens holder. An adhesive laye... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283152 | Collimation assembly with an adjustment bracket capable of flexing when receiving a light source A collimation assembly is associated with a printhead housing for generating a substantially collimated laser beam. The collimation assembly comprises: a collimation housing mounted to the printhead housing to support a collimation lens; an adjustment bracket positi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283315 | Lens apparatus and camera A lens apparatus capable of realizing better optical performance by suppressing an inclination of each lens unit more reliably while shortening the overall length in a collapsed position to the smallest possible level is disclosed. The lens apparatus comprises a fix... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283695 | Optical interconnects in microelectronics based on azimuthally asymmetric long-period fiber grating couplers Systems and methods, including azimuthally asymmetric fiber gratings are disclosed. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281857 | Polymer connectors for use in surface plasmon resonance sensor A device for connecting optical components of a fiber optic probe and a jumper in a Surface Plasmon Resonator (SPR) has two high-pressure-liquid-chromatography (HPLC) polyetheretherketone (PEEK) connectors, one containing the optical fibers from a probe and the othe... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279686 | Integrated sub-nanometer-scale electron beam systems A solid state sub-nanometer-scale electron beam emitter comprising a multi-layered structure having a nano-tip electron emitter and tunnel emission junction formed on substrate, an initial electron beam extraction electrode, a “nano-sandwich Einzel” electrode, a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280291 | Lens barrel There is provided a lens barrel on which a flexible substrate having mounted thereon an image pickup element for photoelectrically converting an optical image imaged by a photo-taking lens is mounted, having a plurality of lens barrel members disposed movable forwar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280292 | Driving control device, portable optical apparatus and driving control method A driving control device 20 controls supply of driving pulses to expand and contract a piezoelectric element 12 so that an expansion rate is different from a contraction rate, to vibrate a driving rod 17 and move a lens 21 frictionally en... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276798 | Integral topside vacuum package An integrated vacuum package having an added volume on a perimeter within the perimeter of a bonding seal between two wafers. The added volume of space may be an etching of material from the inside surface of the top wafer. This wafer may have vent holes that may be... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277242 | Lens module A lens module includes a lens seat, an image sensor unit, a lens set, a circuit board, and a resilient interposer. The lens seat includes a top wall that is formed with a barrel hole, a side wall that extends from a periphery of the top wall and that cooperates with... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277243 | Lens assembly with integrated features An apparatus, method, and system for a lens assembly including a first and second element adapted to be engaged with one another in a manner to secure a first and second lens therebetween is disclosed herein. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277641 | Multiple access space communications optical system using a common telescope aperture The present invention relates to a multiple access space laser communications optical system. According to the present invention, multiple optical signals containing a number of channels are simultaneously received and demultiplexed at a multiple access communicatio... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268959 | Lens module A lens module includes a lens set, a rotation base, an outer case, elastic members, a driving device having a stepping motor and a base frame. The lens set is fixed inside the rotation base that is elastically arranged between an upper case and a lower case by elast... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268957 | Optical module and optical system An optical module has a lens holder into which a lens array with three lenses and a diaphragm, for example, is inserted. The lenses and the diaphragm are oriented by way of the geometrical shape thereof such that no further optical adjustment is required. The circui... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268958 | Holder and optical element A holder and optical element device includes a holder having a substantially cylindrical interior shape and an optical element fitted in the holder along an inner surface of the holder. The holder may have a step on the inner surface thereof. This step has a surface... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268960 | Mount for an optical structure and method of mounting an optical structure using such mount An improved mount for, and method of mounting an, optical structure is provided, wherein the optical structure has at least one mounting surface. The mount has a mounting section with at least one surface extending therealong for receipt thereagainst of a portion of... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265916 | Module for optical devices, and manufacturing method of module for optical devices A DSP, which has a through electrode and is stacked to a wiring substrate through an adhesive part, a solid-state image pickup element, which is stacked to the DSP through an adhesive part and has a through electrode and an effective pixel area, and a translucent li... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266267 | Microfluidic, optical, and electrical input output interconnects, methods of fabrication thereof, and methods of use thereof Input/output (I/O) interconnects, fluidic I/O interconnects, electrical, optical, and fluidic I/O interconnects, devices incorporating the I/O interconnects, systems incorporating the I/O interconnects, and methods of fabricating the I/O interconnects, devices, and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266058 | Objective lens drive having optical axis adjustment function An objective lens drive having an optical axis adjustment function. An objective lens is supported by a lens holder, and the lens holder is supported on a suspension holder by way of a suspension. The suspension holder is supported so as to be rotatable about an axi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265919 | Flange assembly of an optical system A flange assembly of an optical system has a first flange, a compensation element and a second flange. The flanges and the compensation element are substantially axially symmetric both flanges (2, 2′) being suitable for being connected to other components o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264363 | Deformable-mirror cooling This invention relates to a cooled deformable-mirror and its mount. A deformable mirror is provided comprising a reflective element provided on a substrate that is secured to a deformable element, wherein the substrate comprises at least one channel having a pair of... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264383 | Lighting element with a light emitting device A lighting element with a light emitting device preferably in the form of a light emitting diode, can be fitted in a light carrier. The lighting element has a light-transmissive lens body with a lens-shaped light entry surface and a light exit surface and the light ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265918 | Movable member supporting mechanism, and movable member supporting mechanism for lens barrel A movable member supporting mechanism includes a support ring; first and second rotatable members provided inside the support ring and supported thereby to be integrally rotatable and to be movable relative to each other in an axial direction thereof; a linearly mov... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265913 | Movable lens control device A movable lens control device for controlling movements of movable lens groups including a first movable lens group and a second movable lens group, the movable lens control device including a lens driving device for moving the first and second movable lens groups i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265789 | Camera with flange back adjusting mechanism A camera includes a flange back adjusting mechanism in which the operation of the flange back adjusting mechanism is not obstructed, and the flange back adjustment is easily performed. A flange back adjusting mechanism which moves and adjusts a CCD in the direction ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265835 | System for implementing variable retarder capability in ellipsometer, polarimeter or the like systems A system for implementing Berek-type variable retarder plate tipping capability in two orthogonal directions via tipping about a single axis, in combination with a means for rotating the orientation of the axis, having application in ellipsometer and polarimeter and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265917 | Replacement apparatus for an optical element A replacement apparatus for an optical element mounted between two adjacent optical elements in a lithography objective has a holder for the optical element to be replaced, which holder can be moved into the lithography objective through a lateral opening in a housi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265920 | Microscope objective and method for manufacturing a microscope objective A microscope objective includes an objective sleeve including a first and a second sub-sleeve. A first lens is received in a first mounting ring, a second lens is received in a second mounting ring, a third lens is received in a third mounting ring, and a fourth len... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262927 | Auto-focus lens module An auto-focus lens module uses electromagnetic force to drive a lens moving for focusing. The auto-focus lens is composed by a lens holder, a coil and an upper frame clipped on outer circumference of a lens so as to form a lens holder set. And the coil is fixed betw... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262926 | Lens barrel There is described a lens barrel including; a plurality of lens units; an actuator to move at least a lens unit included in the plurality of lens units; and a housing member. The actuator includes: a vibrating device constituted by two vibrating members, each of whi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259921 | Adjustable object lens device An adjustable object lens device includes an outer barrel, a rotary component coupled movably to the outer barrel, an object lens unit disposed movably in the outer barrel, a decorative unit coupled to the rotary component, and a limiting unit. The limiting unit inc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259923 | Lens barrel A lens barrel, including, a moving frame (2) to hold a lens (8), a direct-advance ring (4) provided on an outer periphery of the moving frame and movable relative to the moving frame in an optical direction, a resilient member (6) provide... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256952 | Fixation method for optical member and optical unit A fixation method for fixing an optical member to a holding member using irradiation of a laser beam. The method includes the steps of inserting the optical member into the holding member, providing a fixing member, mounting the fixing member to the holding member h... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255452 | Plastic mirror assembly A mirror assembly particularly adapted for use with an exterior automotive fender includes a plastic housing and plastic reflective surface element or lens. The housing has a slot formed therein which receives a tab formed on the lens to enable the housing and the l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256356 | Apparatus and method for coupling a module assembly in a housing An assembly, such as a sensor assembly, includes an optional housing having an inner surface and an outer surface where the housing includes housing connecting features. The assembly further includes a module assembly with at least one resilient member, and an elong... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253974 | Method for trimming a spectacle lens The invention relates to a method for carrying out the precise trimming of a lens (1), whereby the lens is held between two clamping plates (2, 3) in a given position and the grinding of the periphery of the lens (1) is controlled along a trajec... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253388 | Assembly with self-alignment features to position a cover on a substrate that supports a micro component The substrate includes an alignment slot in at least one of its side edges, and includes metallization coupled electrically to the micro component and extending from the front surface of the substrate to its back surface via at least one of the alignment slots. The ... | 08/07/2007 |
