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Retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes

Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1975-10-14
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Granted: 1977-08-16
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Expires: 1995-10-14
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Abstract

Abstract A retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes comprising a front diverging lens group and rear converging lens group and arranged to be focused by keeping the front diverging lens group fixed and moving the rear converging lens group toward the front diverging lens group.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuo Yamasita
  • 👤 Toshihiro Imai

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 10:57
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/00064; A61B1/00071; A61B1/0008; A61B1/00096; A61B1/00163; A61B1/00188; G; G02; G02B; G02B13/00; G02B13/04; G02B23/00; G02B23/24; G02B23/2407; G02B23/2423; G02B23/243; A61B1/00142

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 301 words
A retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes comprising a front diverging lens group and rear converging lens group, said front diverging lens group comprising a negative lens, said rear converging lens group comprising a positive lens and a positive cemented doublet lens, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes being arranged to be focused on an object to be observed by keeping said front diverging lens group fixed and by moving said rear converging lens groups toward said front diverging lens group when the distance from said objective to the object to be observed becomes shorter, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes having numerical values as given below: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = ∞ d.sub.1 = 0.6 n.sub.1 = 1.51633 ν.sub.1 = 64.1 r.sub.2 = 1.685 d.sub.2 = 5.36 r.sub.3 = -7.54 d.sub.3 = 1.0 n.sub.2 = 1.69680 ν.sub.2 = 55.7 r.sub.4 = -3.2 d.sub.4 = 0.2 r.sub.5 = 3.127 d.sub.5 = 1.6 n.sub.3 = 1.62041 ν.sub.3 = 60.3 r.sub.6 = -2.483 d.sub.6 = 0.55 n.sub.4 = 1.84666 ν.sub.4 = 23.9 r.sub.7 = -8.619 f = 1.465 , f.sub.B = 2.961 , f.sub.F = -3.263 F.sub.NO = 3.5 , 2ω = 88°40' m = 2.227 , n = 2.021 ______________________________________ wherein reference symbols r 1 through r 7 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective surfaces of respective lenses, reference symbols d 1 through d 6 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 4 respectively represent refractive indices of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 4 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f F represents the total focal length of the front lens group and reference symbol f B represents the total focal length of the rear lens group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 301 words
A retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes comprising a front diverging lens group and rear converging lens group, said front diverging lens group comprising a negative lens, said rear converging lens group comprising a positive lens and a positive cemented doublet lens, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes being arranged to be focused on an object to be observed by keeping said front diverging lens group fixed and by moving said rear converging lens groups toward said front diverging lens group when the distance from said objective to the object to be observed becomes shorter, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes having numerical values as given below: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = ∞ d.sub.1 = 0.6 n.sub.1 = 1.51633 ν.sub.1 = 64.1 r.sub.2 = 1.685 d.sub.2 = 5.36 r.sub.3 = -7.54 d.sub.3 = 1.0 n.sub.2 = 1.69680 ν.sub.2 = 55.7 r.sub.4 = -3.2 d.sub.4 = 0.2 r.sub.5 = 3.127 d.sub.5 = 1.6 n.sub.3 = 1.62041 ν.sub.3 = 60.3 r.sub.6 = -2.483 d.sub.6 = 0.55 n.sub.4 = 1.84666 ν.sub.4 = 23.9 r.sub.7 = -8.619 f = 1.465 , f.sub.B = 2.961 , f.sub.F = -3.263 F.sub.NO = 3.5 , 2ω = 88°40' m = 2.227 , n = 2.021 ______________________________________ wherein reference symbols r 1 through r 7 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective surfaces of respective lenses, reference symbols d 1 through d 6 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 4 respectively represent refractive indices of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 4 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f F represents the total focal length of the front lens group and reference symbol f B represents the total focal length of the rear lens group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 339 words
A retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes comprising a front diverging lens group, two prisms and rear converging lens group, said front diverging lens group comprising a negative lens. said rear converging lens group comprising a positive lens and a positive cemented doublet lens, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes being arranged to be focused on an object to be observed by keeping said front diverging lens group fixed and by moving said rear converging lens group toward said front diverging lens group when the distance from said objective to the object to be observed becomes shorter, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes having numerical values as given below: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = ∞ d.sub.1 = 0.3 n.sub.1 = 1.51633 ν.sub.1 = 64.1 r.sub.2 = 1.392 d.sub.2 = 0.4 r.sub.3 = ∞ d.sub.3 = 2.4 n.sub.2 = 1.80610 ν.sub.2 = 40.8 r.sub.4 = ∞ d.sub.4 = 0.1 r.sub.5 = ∞ d.sub.5 = 2.2 n.sub.3 = 1.80610 ν.sub.3 = 40.8 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = t.sub.1 r.sub.7 = ∞ d.sub.7 = 1.0 n.sub.4 = 1.69680 ν.sub.4 = 55.7 r.sub.8 = -4.09 d.sub.8 = 0.2 r.sub.9 = 3.902 d.sub.9 = 1.5 n.sub.5 = 1.62041 ν.sub.5 = 60.3 r.sub.10 = -2.19 d.sub.10 = 0.5 n.sub.6 = 1.78472 ν.sub.6 = 25.7 r.sub.11 = -6.541 f = 1.506 , f.sub.B = 2.901 , f.sub.F = -2.696 F.sub.NO = 2.5 , 2ω = 55°23' m = 1.790 , n = 1.926 ______________________________________ wherein reference symbols r 1 through r 11 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective surfaces of respective lenses, reference symbols d 1 through d 10 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 6 respectively represent refractive indices of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 6 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f F represents the total focal length of the front lens group and reference symbol f B represents the total focal length of the rear lens group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 339 words
A retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes comprising a front diverging lens group, two prisms and rear converging lens group, said front diverging lens group comprising a negative lens. said rear converging lens group comprising a positive lens and a positive cemented doublet lens, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes being arranged to be focused on an object to be observed by keeping said front diverging lens group fixed and by moving said rear converging lens group toward said front diverging lens group when the distance from said objective to the object to be observed becomes shorter, said retrofocus-type objective for endoscopes having numerical values as given below: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = ∞ d.sub.1 = 0.3 n.sub.1 = 1.51633 ν.sub.1 = 64.1 r.sub.2 = 1.392 d.sub.2 = 0.4 r.sub.3 = ∞ d.sub.3 = 2.4 n.sub.2 = 1.80610 ν.sub.2 = 40.8 r.sub.4 = ∞ d.sub.4 = 0.1 r.sub.5 = ∞ d.sub.5 = 2.2 n.sub.3 = 1.80610 ν.sub.3 = 40.8 r.sub.6 = ∞ d.sub.6 = t.sub.1 r.sub.7 = ∞ d.sub.7 = 1.0 n.sub.4 = 1.69680 ν.sub.4 = 55.7 r.sub.8 = -4.09 d.sub.8 = 0.2 r.sub.9 = 3.902 d.sub.9 = 1.5 n.sub.5 = 1.62041 ν.sub.5 = 60.3 r.sub.10 = -2.19 d.sub.10 = 0.5 n.sub.6 = 1.78472 ν.sub.6 = 25.7 r.sub.11 = -6.541 f = 1.506 , f.sub.B = 2.901 , f.sub.F = -2.696 F.sub.NO = 2.5 , 2ω = 55°23' m = 1.790 , n = 1.926 ______________________________________ wherein reference symbols r 1 through r 11 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective surfaces of respective lenses, reference symbols d 1 through d 10 respectively represent thicknesses of respective lenses and airspaces between respective lenses, reference symbols n 1 through n 6 respectively represent refractive indices of respective lenses, reference symbols ν 1 through ν 6 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of respective lenses, reference symbol f represents the focal length of the lens system as a whole, reference symbol f F represents the total focal length of the front lens group and reference symbol f B represents the total focal length of the rear lens group.

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