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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7808727 | Changer of spherical field A field changer device (4) comprising: a rotary magazine (5) of spherical general shape mounted so as to rotate about a rotation axis (R) coincident with an axis of symmetry of the magazine (5), which is inclin... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7715129 | Method for aligning and assembling two lens pieces, and a machine to accomplish this task A method for aligning and assembling two lens pieces, and a machine to accomplish this task are provided. In one example of the method, the method includes holding an upper lens above a lower lens, holding the lower lens in a horizontal position, lowering the upper ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684134 | Microscope objectives A confocal microscope lens arrangement is provided. The confocal microscope lens arrangement includes a lens assembly housing which has a lens assembly, and an exterior housing including a distal end and a proximal end. The exterior housing is configured to allow th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7593173 | Corrector ring driving device of microscopic objective lens provided with corrector ring A device driving a corrector ring of a corrector ring mounting objective lens mounted to an objective mounting and dismounting section of a revolver includes a rotation driving mechanism having a motor and a turning effort transmitting section which transmits a turn... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7576930 | Lens module A lens module includes a seat supporting a first lens barrel and the second lens barrel thereon. The seat includes a body equipped with an electromagnet and two columns extending from the body. The first lens barrel includes a first sleeve equipped a lens therein. T... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7508606 | Method of aligning the upper and lower centering bells of a lens doublet assembly machine A method for aligning the upper and lower centering bells of a lens doublet assembly machine is provided. In one example of the method, the method includes positioning an alignment tool with respect to a base plate of the lens doublet aligning apparatus; positioning... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7495852 | Zoom lens assembly A zoom lens assembly for a miniature camera, such as those used in cellular telephones and other personal electronic devices, is disclosed. One or more lenses of the zoom lens assembly are moved in and/or out of the optical path of the zoom lens assembly to change t... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492536 | Movable lens control device A lens system having at least one front movable lens group and a rear movable lens group which are movable in an optical axis direction. The lens system includes a position detector for determining whether the rear movable lens group is positioned in a predetermined... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7457058 | Optical element holder and projection exposure apparatus having the same In an optical member holder and a projection exposure apparatus having the same, a light beam radiated from a light source may be formed into light having a desired shape by selecting one of a plurality of optical elements. An optical element holder may include a su... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7433092 | Transparency media adapter and methods of use thereof Transparency media adapter and methods of using the same. Implementations of a system may comprise an imaging device having a light source and at least one sensor. A media adapter operatively associated with the imaging device includes a first reflective surface and... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7414801 | Lens barrel and image pickup device including lens barrel A lens barrel includes a fixed barrel having an approximately cylindrical shape; a lens frame 132 disposed inside of the fixed barrel for holding the lens group; at least one shaft 135A engaging in the lens frame 132 for guiding the lens frame | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414802 | 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... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7388722 | Lens barrel incorporating a rotatable optical element A lens barrel includes an imaging optical system including a plurality of lens groups located on an optical axis; an insertable/rotatable optical element which produces a specific photographic effect when rotated on the optical axis; and a drive mechanism including ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382553 | Lens barrel, camera and portable information terminal A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder accommodated within a fixed cylinder, and lenses retained in the telescopic cylinder. The lens barrel includes lens retaining frames to retain at least one of the lenses and a lens driving device to drive the lens retain... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373082 | Light shielding structure of a zoom lens barrel A light shielding structure of a zoom lens barrel includes an outer ring, an intermediate ring and an inner ring which are concentrically arranged, the intermediate ring being movable relative to the outer ring and including at least one through-slot, the inner ring... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362520 | Device for the low-deformation mounting of a rotationally asymmetric optical element A low-deformation mounting device of a rotationally asymmetric optical element, particularly an optical element in a projection lens used in semiconductor lithography. Said optical element is mounted in a frame and is provided with at least three connection surfaces... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352520 | Holding device and exposure apparatus using the same A holding device including an object to be held by the holding device and having six first flat surfaces, a holding member having six second flat surfaces each being opposed to and parallel to a corresponding one of the first flat surfaces, wherein the holding membe... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349165 | Clamping apparatus for clamping optical element A clamping apparatus for clamping optical elements (100) includes a first fixture (10), a second fixture (20) and two mounting members (30). The first fixture defines a plurality of holding holes (11). The second fixture defines a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339757 | Lens barrel To provide a lens barrel to which a plurality of lenses is attached, enabling high-precision alignment of lens optical axes of the respective optical lenses, the lens barrel includes a first lens-retaining surface having a plurality of first ribs contacting the firs... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332712 | Camera module fabrication method including the step of removing a lens mount and window from the mold An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327499 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a lens unit (4) which has a low-resolution lens (1), a high-resolution lens (2), and a first driving unit (3) for driving them, and a second driving unit (5) for driving the lens unit (4).... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321470 | Camera A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the fir... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315414 | Microscope with adjustable stage Systems and techniques relating to a microscope with an adjustable stage are described. A microscope includes a base, a support arm attached to and extending upwardly from the base, a head attached to the support arm, the head including a lens, and an eyepiece attac... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312938 | Optical component retaining device, optical component and housing The present invention provides an optical component retaining device which includes an eyepiece lens 15 having a pair of rib portions 15b and 15c and a housing 16 having a slit portion 28 made of a tapered groove wher... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312937 | Lens feed mechanism A lens feed mechanism is provided and includes: a lens frame that holds a movable lens and that is supported by a fixed lens barrel so as to be capable of moving in a direction in which the movable lens is to move; a feed screw supported rotatably on an axis extendi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307803 | Zoom lens device A cam barrel 19 rotates in one way in varying a power to move four lens holding frames in the same direction by displacements of four cam openings 33 to 36. Cam barrel cam followers 48 are provided on an outer periphery of the cam barrel ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304659 | Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical beam scanning device of the present invention is for having a light beam with the width in the main scanning direction wider than the width in the main scanning direction of the reflection surface of a deflector incident on the deflector, reflecting and p... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301713 | Object lens unit and optical pickup device employing the unit An object lens unit for an optical pickup comprising: a first optical element positioned facing an optical information recording medium; a second optical element positioned on a light source side of the first optical element; and a frame which has a first reference ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295389 | Lens barrel, image-pickup unit having the lens barrel, and manufacturing method of the same A lens barrel includes a lens group that conducts light from a subject, a lens shell that holds the lens group; a string-formed shape memory alloy element that moves the lens shell in a direction of an optical axis, and a pair of guide shafts formed approximately in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268816 | Camera unit having lenses mounted in movable elements which are made to abut against a movement regulating member Electrode substrates, a movable element which can freely move reciprocally by being guided by the electrode substrates, and in which electrodes are formed on a pair of surfaces thereof facing one another, and which has a lens, an image pickup element imaging an imag... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7245311 | Image forming apparatus A photosensitive body has a photosensitive layer. An optical scanning device has a deflector deflecting a light flux emitted from a light source, and scans the surface of the photosensitive body by the thus-deflected light flux. A dot is formed at a center between a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242540 | Axis-adjustable optical device and optical instrument utilizing the same An axis-adjustable optical device includes: a base; a first adjustment unit including a biasing component disposed between a support seat and the base, and a plurality of screw fasteners for coupling the support seat to the base; a second adjustment unit including a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233436 | Slider for positioning multiple optical elements, and microscope having a slider for positioning multiple optical elements A slider for positioning multiple optical elements is disclosed. Also disclosed is a microscope that contains the slider (25) according to the present invention. The slider (25) encompasses a slider carrier (35) that is guided on a first shaft (... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230773 | Drive mechanism of a zoom lens A drive mechanism of a zoom lens includes three movable members which support optical elements, including a front movable member, an intermediate movable member and a rear movable member; a common driving member including a driving device for moving the three movabl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215354 | Scanning optical system, optical scanning device and image forming apparatus A scanning optical system condensing a beam deflected by an optical deflector so as to form a beam spot on a surface to be scanned, comprises two lenses. A lens on the side of optical deflector has a negative refracting power in sub-scanning direction. A lens on the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206014 | Multi-beam pitch adjusting apparatus and image forming apparatus A multi-beam scanning apparatus includes a light source having first and second light source sections that hold a pair of semi-conductor laser diodes and coupling lenses that couple four beams irradiated from the pair of semi-conductor laser diodes with a base membe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199359 | Camera module fabrication method including singulating a substrate An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193783 | Mounting/adjusting mechanism for vision enhancement system A mounting assembly for a vision enhancement device and associated vision enhancement display, the assembly comprising a display mounted to an arm positionable in front of the user's eye, a base member for receiving a cradle for the vision enhancement device and for... | 03/20/2007 |
