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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134788 | Hybrid optical element A hybrid optical element includes: a glass substrate having a first optically functional surface and a second optically functional surface; and a resin layer bonded to the second optically functional surface. The glass substrate further has an outer peripheral surfa... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8077405 | Optical article and method for producing the same An optical article includes: an optical substrate, and a functional layer laminated on the surface of the optical substrate, the functional layer having a thickness T μm that satisfies the following condition: 6.5dn+4.0≦T≦100 w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8054564 | Optical device and associated methods An optical device includes a transparent substrate, a first replicated refractive surface on a first surface of the substrate in a first material, and a second replicated refractive surface on a second surface, opposite the first surface, and made of a second materi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031414 | Single lens laser beam shaper A single lens bullet-shaped laser beam shaper capable of redistributing an arbitrary beam profile into any desired output profile comprising a unitary lens comprising: a convex front input surface defining a focal point and a flat output portion at the focal point; ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031415 | Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8009370 | Method of constructing physical lens based on depth-of-focus characteristics, and lens with extended depth of focus constructed by the method A method of constructing a physical lens based on depth of focus characteristics and an axially symmetric lens with an extended depth of focus constructed by the method are provided. An expression is deduced by substituting a depth of focus characteristic and a rela... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000040 | Imaging lens, manufacturing method thereof, and compound lens In an imaging lens, one compound lens and two single lenses are arranged in a lens barrel. On the light output side of the lens barrel, a filter is arranged with a distance from lens barrel. With a further distance from the filter, an imaging element is arranged. In... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7974018 | Optical element, production method therefor, and composite component provided with an optical element An optical element (14) is specified which is suitable for an optoelectronic component and has a carrier part (1) and a beam shaping part (12), wherein the beam shaping part is molded onto the carrier part, or vice versa. A corresponding product... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7920342 | Over-molded glass lenses and method of forming the same Accurate lens substrates on a waferscale are obtained by forming a polymer material on a lens surface formed on a lens wafer. The substrate may also be thinned by the glass lens surface forming process at the portion of the lens. The polymer material may have the sa... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7885018 | Bonded optical element and manufacturing method thereof A second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element larger in diameter than the first optical element by pressing a second optical element material against the first optical element under a condition free from restrict... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7859772 | Composite optical element and method for manufacturing the same The present invention belongs to a technical field related to a composite optical element including a first optical component and a second optical component coupled to the first optical component. In a composite optical element 1 including a first optical com... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7839582 | Optical element An optical element includes a transparent substrate, a first light-blocking film attached to at least one surface of the transparent substrate and having a first circular opening, and a first lens portion disposed on the at least one surface of the transparent subst... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826152 | Composite optical device A composite optical device 1 includes a first optical section 10 having an optical functional surface 11 and a second optical section 20 bonded to the first optical section 10 on the optical functional surface 11. The optica... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813059 | Optical lens base with protective film and process for producing optical lens base A protective film (10) is eccentrically adhered to a concave-side transfer surface (3b) of a first mold (3) which is used in a plastic lens forming mold, and part (10a) of the peripheral portion of the protective film is pro... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7764446 | Bonded optical element In a bonded optical element, a second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element by heating and pressing against the first optical element a second optical element material. The first optical element is a concave lens.... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760445 | Compound lens and compound lens array An exemplary compound lens includes a rigid light pervious layer, a first plastic lens, and a second plastic lens. The rigid light pervious layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first plastic lens is attached on the f... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746574 | Bonded optical element In a bonded optical element, a second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element by heating and pressing against the first optical element a second optical element material. The second optical element includes an eleme... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746573 | Bonded optical element and manufacturing method thereof A second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element by pressing a second optical element material against the first optical element under a condition free from restriction to the second optical element material in the ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742245 | Lens unit A lens unit includes at least three lenses that are laminated and received in a lens barrel. The lenses include a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens that are laminated from the side of an object in this order. The first lens includes a first contact face th... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742244 | Cylindrical model eye, cylindrical test device and the manufacturing method thereof A cylindrical model eye comprises a plano-cylindrical portion having a plano surface and a first cylindrical surface opposite to the plano surface, a sphero-cylindrical portion having a convex spherical surface and a second cylindrical surface opposite to the convex... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7715123 | Composite optical device A composite optical device 1 includes a first optical section 10 having an optical functional surface 11 and a second optical section 20 bonded to the first optical section 10 on the optical functional surface 11. The optica... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7660051 | Optical lens base with protective film and process for producing optical lens base A protective film (10) is eccentrically adhered to a concave-side transfer surface (3b) of a first mold (3) which is used in a plastic lens forming mold, and part (10a) of the peripheral portion of the protective film is pro... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7599133 | Optical part for camera and method of fabricating the same An optical part for a camera comprising a substrate made of a polyolefin plastic and an optical resin layer placed on the substrate, wherein the surface of the substrate is provided with a polar group and the optical resin layer is formed from a resin composition in... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599134 | Vision system The present invention relates to improved optical structures, related manufacturing processes and assemblies incorporating the improved optical structures. In at least one embodiment accurate light source color information is provided throughout substantially the en... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7492534 | Imaging optical system including optical element having discontinuous plane An imaging optical system capable of moving a meridian image plane further closer to an ideal imaging plane vertical to an optical axis with the number of lenses kept constant. At least one plane of at least one optical element and including at least one optical ele... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7443597 | Liquid lens with piezoelectric voltage converter An electronic camera module includes a lens or refractive element formed by a pair of immiscible liquids and having optical properties which can be varied by applying a voltage so as to deform the meniscus. One of the two liquids extends from the meniscus all the wa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440197 | Image forming lens and portable information terminal The image forming lens comprises a stop and a single lens placed in this order from the object side, wherein if the object-side surface of the single lens having paraxial curvature radii to form biconvex surfaces is referred to as the first surface while the image-s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7423821 | Vision system The present invention relates to improved optical structures, related manufacturing processes and assemblies incorporating the improved optical structures. In at least one embodiment accurate light source color information is provided throughout substantially the en... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414797 | Optical element, optical scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus using the optical element, and method and apparatus for fixedly joining the optical element and reducing deformation of the optical element arranged in a layer structure An optical element including a plurality of reference members formed on a first side surface, and a method and apparatus for fixedly joining the optical element with the first side surface facing down. The method includes providing a surface including a specific pos... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411738 | Composite lens and method for manufacturing the same An exemplary composite lens includes a main body and an embedding member. The main body has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The main body has an optical axis associated therewith. The embedding member is disposed in the main body between the first su... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391580 | Ultra compact mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens A mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens comprising a solid body and a single-focal Maksutov type construction characterized by two refractive surfaces and two reflective surfaces wherein all surfaces are surfaces of revolution and wherein at least one surface is asphe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7375897 | Imaging systems In certain aspects, the disclosure relates to an imaging system, particularly an objective or an illumination device of a microlithography projection-exposure apparatus having an optical axis (OA), with at least one optical element of an optically uniaxial crystal m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369334 | Optical device with alignment compensation An optical device is provided which includes a plurality of optical modules and an alignment compensation module. Each optical module includes an optical component fixedly coupled to a relative reference mount. The relative reference mount is configured to attach to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365915 | Optical module An exemplary optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (20), a lens group (40), a spacer (60), and a filter (80). The lens barrel has an inner wall (201), and at least two securing grooves (206) formed on the inner ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365916 | Aspherical lens and optical instrument using the same An object is to provide an aspherical lens having compactness in dimension, large degree of freedom in design, and good optical performance, with increasing in productivity, and lowering production cost. The aspherical lens constructed by a substrate member A and a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362514 | Imaging system, in particular a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Imaging systems, in particular a projection objectives of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, are provided. The imaging systems can have an optical axis and produce an image field which is extra-axial relative to the optical axis. The imaging systems ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355772 | Scanner and image forming apparatus including a pre-deflection lens that has a width reduced by an emission-side concavity and that converges light incident on areas other than the thinned portion A cylindrical lens is positioned between and a polygon mirror and a second slit plate through which light beams from two light beam emitting units pass, and the cylindrical lens has a thin portion where the thickness between the entrance plane and the emission plane... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342729 | Imaging lens An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power whose concave surface faces to the object; and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342865 | Objective lens for optical recording/reproducing device There is provided an objective lens which has positive refractive power and has a single lens element having an incident surface from which the collimated beam enters and an exit surface from which the collimated beam emerges. Further, the incident surface and the e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336423 | Hybrid lens A hybrid lens (10) includes a plastic lens (12) and a glass coating film (14). The plastic lens is manufactured by injection molding. The glass coating film is formed on an outer surface of the plastic lens and encloses the outer surface of the ... | 02/26/2008 |
