IP Library Granted Patent US 8,233,226
Granted Patent B2
US 8,233,226 · App. 12/542,156 · Granted Jul 31, 2012

Construction of objective

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Patent No.
US 8,233,226
App. No.
12/542,156
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A construction of an objective is configured which includes a plurality of lens groups including at least one cemented lens group; a plurality of inner frames to hold the lens groups, each including a contact projection; and a tube to hold the plurality of inner frames stacked inside. At least one cemented lens group is secured to the inner frames by causing the periphery of a cemented surface between cemented lenses to come into contact with the contact projection.

Claims (19)

1. A construction of an objective, comprising:

a plurality of lens groups including at least one cemented lens group;

a plurality of inner frames to hold the lens groups, each including a contact projection; and

a tube to hold the plurality of inner frames stacked inside;

wherein a periphery of a cemented surface of the cemented lens group is caused to come into contact with a respective one of the contact projections, so that the cemented lens group is adhered to the corresponding inner frame in such a manner that an eccentricity of the cemented lens group is offset.

2. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the periphery is a portion of the cemented surface where lenses which constitute the cemented surface are not in contact with each other.

3. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented surface is a convex surface.

4. The construction of the objective according to claim 3 , wherein the cemented surface is an optical surface of a convex lens.

5. The construction of the objective according to claim 4 , wherein the cemented surface is an optical surface of a central lens of a triplet cemented lens.

6. The construction of the objective according to claim 5 , wherein the cemented surface is one of two cemented surfaces of a triplet cemented lens, with a lower height of light passing therethrough.

7. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented surface is a cemented surface between two lenses having outer diameters which differ from each other by at least 10%.

8. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented surface has a curvature radius of the periphery different from that of a portion of contact between lenses which constitute the cemented surface.

9. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented lens group is a cemented lens group in which a height of light incident on an incident end and a height of light emitted from an exit end differ from each other by at least 10%.

10. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented lens group is one of two lens groups with concave surfaces facing each other.

11. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein the cemented lens group is a movable lens group.

12. The construction of the objective according to claim 1 , wherein:

outer diameters of the plurality of inner frames are substantially identical with an inner diameter of the tube; and

the tube holds the plurality of inner frames stacked inside, the plurality of inner frames being inserted from a side of an abutting joint.

13. The construction of an objective according to claim 1 , wherein the construction of the objective is adapted for use in a microscope.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2009
From: SUKIGARA, TAKUMA; HORIGOME, SHUHEI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023108/0692 →