US4886342A
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Photographic lens device
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-05-22
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Granted: 1989-12-12
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Expires: 2009-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A photographing lens device wherein the optical axes of lenses can be aligned with a high degree of accuracy with a simple structure and at least a lens made of a plastic material can be secured to a lens barrel without causing a torsion thereof. The photographing lens device comprises first, second and third lenses arranged in this order from the object side. The second and third lenses have mutually contacting flat faces formed thereon outside effective light path regions therein, and the third lens is secured to the second lens at the flat faces of them by a bonding agent. The optical axis of the second and third lenses are aligned with each other by slipping the lenses along the flat faces thereof before adhesion. The second lens further has a contacting face formed outwardly of the flat face thereof and is pressed at the contacting face thereof against a face of a lens barrel while the first lens is pressed against the second lens by a pressing member coupled to the lens barrel.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinobu Kudo
- 👤 Kiyohiro Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:33
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B9/00; G02B9/12; G02B9/14; G02B9/16; G02B7/00; G02B7/02; G02B7/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A photographing lens device, comprising: a first lens having a polished lens surface; a second lens, having a polished lens surface offset from and of a smaller area than the first lens polished surface, and positioned adjacent to said first lens, the second lens having a contact portion outside an effective light path which extends through the second lens polished lens surface, the contact portion positioned immediately opposite the first lens polished lens surface and directly pressed against said first lens polished lens surface for positioning said second lens relative to said first lens, the second lens further having a flat face formed thereon outside an effective light path therein and a contacting face formed thereon outwardly of said flat face; a third lens adjacent to said second lens and having a flat face formed thereon outside an effective light path therein; an adhering means for adhering said flat faces of said second and third lenses to each other; a first member for contacting with said contacting face of said second lens to hold said second lens against said first lens; and a second member coupled to said first member for pressing said first lens against said second lens.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A photographing lens device, comprising: a first lens having a polished lens surface; a second lens, having a polished lens surface offset from and of a smaller area than the first lens polished surface, and positioned adjacent to said first lens, the second lens having a contact portion outside an effective light path which extends through the second lens polished lens surface, the contact portion positioned immediately opposite the first lens polished lens surface and directly pressed against said first lens polished lens surface for positioning said second lens relative to said first lens, the second lens further having a flat face formed thereon outside an effective light path therein and a contacting face formed thereon outwardly of said flat face; a third lens adjacent to said second lens and having a flat face formed thereon outside an effective light path therein; an adhering means for adhering said flat faces of said second and third lenses to each other; a first member for contacting with said contacting face of said second lens to hold said second lens against said first lens; and a second member coupled to said first member for pressing said first lens against said second lens.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third lens is spaced away from said second member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a light interrupting means located between said flat faces of said second and third lenses for interrupting harmful light to its image forming operation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said light interrupting means includes a light interrupting member in the form of a flat plate located between said flat faces of said second and third lenses.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said second lens has a groove formed on said flat face thereof in an opposing relationship to said light interrupting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said second and third lenses has a recess formed therein for applying a bonding agent therethrough into a spacing between said flat faces of said second and third lenses.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second and third lenses are made of a synthetic resin material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photographing lens device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first to third lenses are located in the order from the object side.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
145 words
In a photographic lens assembly having at least a pair of plastic lenses that are to be assembled with liquid adhesive in an economic manner with a light interrupting member defining an effective optical opening between the lenses, the improvement comprising: a mounting assembly having a first contact surface and a complementary second contact surface positioned at respective peripheral portions of the pair of plastic lenses, one of the contact surfaces having an annular offset portion positioned for receiving liquid adhesives adjacent an outer peripheral portion, additionally, an object side plastic lens' contact surface has an annular groove positioned immediately in front of and adjacent an object side of the light interrupting member of a sufficient size to prevent adhesives from flowing by capillary action across the light interrupting member which could mar the appearance of the object side surface of the light interrupting member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
145 words
In a photographic lens assembly having at least a pair of plastic lenses that are to be assembled with liquid adhesive in an economic manner with a light interrupting member defining an effective optical opening between the lenses, the improvement comprising: a mounting assembly having a first contact surface and a complementary second contact surface positioned at respective peripheral portions of the pair of plastic lenses, one of the contact surfaces having an annular offset portion positioned for receiving liquid adhesives adjacent an outer peripheral portion, additionally, an object side plastic lens' contact surface has an annular groove positioned immediately in front of and adjacent an object side of the light interrupting member of a sufficient size to prevent adhesives from flowing by capillary action across the light interrupting member which could mar the appearance of the object side surface of the light interrupting member.
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