IP Library Granted Patent US 9,645,347
Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,347 · App. 14/952,260 · Granted May 9, 2017

Spacer for lenses and photographing apparatus having the same

Inventors: Masaaki Miyano (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Young-ho Yu (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jung-ho Bae (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G02B7/021G02B7/026
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Patent No.
US 9,645,347
App. No.
14/952,260
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens spacer may be configured to maintain a gap between a first lens and a second lens arranged along an optical axis. The lens spacer may include a first film member having a ring shape and may include a plurality of first tabs and a plurality of first recesses disposed between adjacent ones of the first tabs. The first tabs may protrude from an inner circumferential surface of the first film member toward the optical axis. A second film member may have a ring shape and may include a plurality of second tabs and a plurality of second recesses between adjacent ones of the second tabs. The second tabs may protrude from an inner circumferential surface of the second film member toward the optical axis. The first and second film members may be arranged along the optical axis, and the second tabs may overlap respective ones of the first recesses.

Claims (29)

1. A lens spacer configured to maintain a gap between a first lens and a second lens arranged along an optical axis, comprising:

a first film member having a ring shape, the first film member comprising a plurality of first tabs and a plurality of first recesses disposed between adjacent ones of the first tabs, the first tabs protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the first film member toward the optical axis; and

a second film member having a ring shape, the second film member comprising a plurality of second tabs and a plurality of second recesses disposed between adjacent ones of the second tabs, the second tabs protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the second film member toward the optical axis,

wherein the first and second film members are arranged along the optical axis and the second tabs overlap respective ones of the first recesses.

2. The lens spacer of claim 1 , wherein each of the second tabs has a circumferential width that is greater than a circumferential width of that of respective ones of the first recesses that the second tabs overlap.

3. The lens spacer of claim 2 , wherein the second tabs overlap portions of the first tabs and the circumferential width of the first recesses in their entireties.

4. The lens spacer of claim 1 , wherein each of the second tabs has a circumferential width that is greater than a circumferential width of the second recesses.

5. The lens spacer of claim 1 , wherein the first and second film members have a substantially similar shape.

6. The lens spacer of claim 5 , wherein the first tabs have a circumferential width equal to a circumferential width of the second tabs.

7. The lens spacer of claim 5 , wherein the first and second film members have an equal thickness.

8. The lens spacer of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second film members has an inner diameter that are equal to each other.

9. The lens spacer of claim 8 , wherein the first and second tabs form a closed loop.

10. The lens spacer of claim 1 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the first tabs and a thickness of the second tabs ranges from about 0.03 mm to about 1.0 mm.

11. A photographing apparatus comprising:

a first lens and a second lens arranged along an optical axis; and

a lens spacer disposed between the first and second lenses, the lens spacer being configured to maintain a gap between the first and second lenses,

wherein the lens spacer comprises:

a first film member having a ring shape, the first film member comprising a plurality of first tabs and a plurality of first recesses disposed between adjacent ones of the first tabs, the first tabs protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the first film member toward the optical axis; and

a second film member having a ring shape, the second film member comprising a plurality of second tabs and a plurality of second recesses between the second tabs, the second tabs protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the second film member toward the optical axis,

wherein the first and second film members are arranged along the optical axis, and the second tabs overlap respective ones of the first recesses.

12. The photographing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second tabs have a circumferential width greater than a circumferential width of the first recesses.

13. The photographing apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second tabs overlap portions of the first tabs and the circumferential width of the first recesses in their entireties.

14. The photographing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second tabs have a circumferential width greater than a circumferential width of the second recesses.

15. The photographing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first and second film members have a same shape.

16. The photographing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first tabs have a circumferential width equal to a circumferential width of the second tabs.

17. The photographing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first and second film members each have a thickness that are equal.

18. The photographing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first and second film members each have an inner diameter that are equal.

19. The photographing apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first and second tabs form a closed loop.

20. The photographing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the first tabs and a thickness of the second tabs ranges from about 0.03 mm to about 1.0 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2015
From: MIYANO, MASAAKI; YU, YOUNG-HO; BAE, JUNG-HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0167822 · Nov 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160154199A1 · Jun 2, 2016