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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5245478 | Mount for Berek compensator The present invention is a mount for optical instruments, and particularly, for a Berek compensator having a birefringent crystal, which can be both tiled and rotated by structure of adjustment rings which are concentric to the optical path of the device.... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241424 | Fine actuator An optical head for optically writing data onto a recording medium and reading the data from the recording medium. The optical head includes an optical lens holder; a driver for the holder which is located on a side of the holder; flat spring members for ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5228051 | Tilted lens imager in a laser amplifier/oscillator and method utilizing same Lenses (30', 32') are orthogonally tilted with respect to one another in a telescope to provide imaging for an amplifier-phase conjugate mirror (PCM)(10) in a laser oscillator/amplifier (12). This mutually orthogonal tilting avoids the problem of air brea... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5196963 | Zoom lens device A movable lens barrel contains a front lens group and a rear lens group and moves along the optical axis during zooming. The front lens group moves together with the movable lens barrel during zooming, and moves relative to the movable lens barrel along t... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5191481 | Lens installation in an optical device A lens unit having a hollow holder and a lens member coupled in the hollow holder in which the lens member has an outer surrounding wall portion integrally formed with the lens member, the outer surrounding wall portion extending along an axis of the lens... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5138496 | Adjusting mechanism for a lens An adjusting mechanism for a lens comprises a mount, a sphere, a pressing ring, a positioning housing, a fixing ring, a lens, and an adjusting ring. Three protruding members are provided radially and horizontally around the circumference of the sphere. Th... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5136433 | Optical positioner and connector A positioner for accurately and precisely positioning an optical member such as a lens aligned with the tip of an optical fiber in relation to an optical device such as a beam launcher/splitter; the positioner includes a tilt base mounted in a frame and a... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5062095 | Actuator and method of manufacturing thereof An actuator rotatable about a support shaft rectilinearly movable along axis of a shaft and rotatably movable about the shaft includes a cylindrical magnet extending about the shaft. The cylindrical magnet has a plurality of poles in the radial direction ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5008873 | Tilt adjustment mechanism for object lens driving device A tilt adjustment mechanism for an object lens driving device (4) includes a base (13), a housing (3), a spherical supporting member (14) and adjustment screws (18a, 18b; 18c; 18d). The base (13) holds the object lens driving device (4). The housing (3) i... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4969715 | Device for supporting object lens in optical head A device for supporting an object lens in an optical head includes a substantially parallelepipedic link mechanism (5), a rotatable member (16) rotatable in the parallelepiped, a second hinge member (15) connecting the rotatable member (16) to the inner w... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4938564 | Gimbal assembly A crystal modulator (20) is on an axis (19) which is positioned in translation and pivotal rotation with respect to another axis (17) of a laser. The crystal modulator (20) is supported in an inner housing (18) on axis (19). The inner housing is supported... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4912693 | Optical head devices for use in disc players An optical head device for use in a disc player has a light beam generating and detecting unit for generating a light beam emerging therefrom and detecting a light beam coming thereto from the outside, an object lens driving unit for supporting an object ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4906831 | Optical pickup drive device An optical pickup drive device has first through third reference plates parallel to each other and interconnected by three or fourth pivotal support members or connecting arms by which the first through third reference plates are pivotally supported. An o... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4898453 | Macrolens assembly having a distance adjustment of more than 360 degrees A macrolens assembly which has two distance setting rings which are coaxially arranged and are fitted into each other and each of which has on its radial exterior a distance scale. A control window is provided in the lens mount and in the outermost distan... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4690505 | Lens mounting The adjustment of inclination or tilt of a lens cell containing a focusing lens or a lens for zooming with respect to an optical axis is carried out by a cam provided between the cell and a movable sleeve in which the cell is fitted.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4607913 | Electrodynamic device for translating a lens system An apparatus for recording and/or reading information on an optically readable disc (3) includes a carrier (6) which can be driven along a first axis (4) in order to move a lens system (1) which is arranged on the carrier relative to the disc. The lens sy... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4527859 | Sunbeam concentrating and collecting apparatus A sunbeam concentrating and collecting apparatus characterized in that a honeycomb or regular n-sided polygonal frame is configured with one or a plurality of regular n-sided polygonal holding frames each of which is respectively formed by coupling a plur... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4484800 | Control mechanism for a zoom lens A mechanism for controlling synchronized operation of a zoom lens includes a cam mechanism defining a first camming surface and a supplementary camming surface for each of the lens components to be moved. A lens holder has an engagement member extending t... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4184748 | Device for expanding practically parallel light rays A parallel pencil of light, for example, a laser beam, is expanded by means of a cylindrical lens. The lens is fully cylindrical and has an optically thinner medium of cylindrical shape in its interior. The lens is arranged relative to the pencil of light... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4183627 | Adjusting device for adjusting the position of an optical or opto-electronic component in two directions of adjustment which are perpendicular to each other The position of an optical or opto-electronic component, such as a lens or a plate provided with a number of light-sensitive semiconductor diodes, can be adjusted in two directions of adjustment which are perpendicular to each other with the aid of an app... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4166675 | Click stop device in a camera lens barrel In a camera lens barrel having a stationary barrel and a distance ring, a click stop device comprises a ring for setting the restrained position of the distance ring disposed on the stationary barrel with a predetermined clearance with respect to the dist... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4088396 | Optical mount with independently orthogonally adjustable element An optical mount enabling independent orthogonal adjustment of the angular position of an optical element comprises a cell adapted to receive an optical element and a base defining a chamber open on one side thereof for receipt of at least a part of the c... | 05/09/1978 |
| 3963306 | Multiple objective supporting and positioning assembly for a microscope A cam actuated assembly for a microscope. The assembly includes a hollow tubular support member and a nosepiece or multiple objective carrier. The tubular member is provided with a cam surface and is symmetrical with respect to an axis which, in the assem... | 06/15/1976 |
