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Granted Patent B2
US 10,422,932 · App. 15/677,103 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Dual-molded circular optical element, imaging lens assembly, imaging device, and electronic device

Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, TW); Cheng-Feng Lin (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
G02B5/005G02B7/006G02B7/021G02B13/001
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Patent No.
US 10,422,932
App. No.
15/677,103
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a dual-molded circular optical element including an outer plastic peripheral portion and an inner sheet portion. The outer plastic peripheral portion locates at an outer annular surface of the circular optical element. The inner sheet portion is enclosed in the outer plastic peripheral portion, and the inner sheet portion forms a minimal central opening of the circular optical element. Two sides of the outer plastic peripheral portion are disposed with a flat plane, and each of the flat planes is perpendicular to a central axis of the circular optical element.

Claims (38)

1. A dual-molded circular optical element, comprising:

an outer plastic peripheral portion, having an outer annular surface of the dual-molded circular optical element; and

an inner sheet portion, enclosed in the outer plastic peripheral portion, and the inner sheet portion forms a central opening, wherein a central axis of the dual-molded circular optical element runs through a center of the central opening in a direction perpendicular to the opening of the dual-molded circular optical element;

wherein two sides of the outer plastic peripheral portion are respectively disposed with at least one flat plane, and each of the flat planes is perpendicular to the central axis of the dual-molded circular optical element;

wherein distances between a central cross-sectional plane of the inner sheet portion and the flat planes of the two sides are t 1 and t 2 , and the following condition is satisfied:

0.2< t 1/ t 2<5.0;

wherein the inner sheet portion comprises an object-end surface facing an object-end direction and an image-end surface facing an image-end direction, the object-end surface of the inner sheet portion has a first gloss and the image-end surface of the inner sheet portion has a second gloss, wherein the first gloss is different from the second gloss.

2. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 , wherein the outer plastic peripheral portion is a black plastic made by a dual-molded injection molding process.

3. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 2 , wherein the inner sheet portion comprises a black material containing carbon.

4. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 2 , wherein the inner sheet portion is integrally formed with the outer plastic peripheral portion via an insert molding process.

5. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 2 , wherein the distances between the central cross-sectional plane of the inner sheet portion and the flat planes of the two sides are t 1 and t 2 , and the following condition is satisfied:

0.25< t 1/ t 2<4.0.

6. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 4 , wherein a height of the dual-molded circular optical element parallel to the central axis is t, a diameter of the central opening is (pi, a thickness of the inner sheet portion is d, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.5<( t×t )/(φ i×d )<45.0.

7. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 6 , wherein the height of the dual-molded circular optical element parallel to the central axis is t, the diameter of the central opening is (pi, the thickness of the inner sheet portion is d, and the following condition is satisfied:

2.0<( t×t )/(φ i×d )<17.0.

8. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 4 , wherein a shape of the central opening is non-circular.

9. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 , wherein the outer plastic peripheral portion comprises a stair structure disposed on the outer annular surface, wherein the stair structure has a plane that is perpendicular to the central axis.

10. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 , wherein the outer plastic peripheral portion comprises an object-end surface facing an object-end direction and an image-end surface facing an image-end direction.

11. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 10 , further comprising a perpendicular parting surface disposed at one of the object-end surface and the image-end surface of the outer plastic peripheral portion, and the perpendicular parting surface is closer to the central axis than the outer annular surface is thereto.

12. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 , wherein the first gloss of the object-end surface of the inner sheet portion is GU 1 , the second gloss of the image-end surface of the inner sheet portion is GU 2 , and the following conditions are satisfied:

0%< GU 1<1.8%; and

2.0%< GU 2<9.0%.

13. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 , wherein a maximum outer diameter of the outer annular surface is φ, a diameter of the central opening is φi, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.4<φ i/φ< 0.8.

14. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the inner sheet portion is d, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.2<(π 2 ×d )/ t 1<3.0.

15. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 13 , wherein a surface treatment area is disposed in the outer plastic peripheral portion for making the central opening of the inner sheet portion aligned with the outer annular surface of the outer plastic peripheral portion and coaxial with each other.

16. The dual-molded circular optical element of claim 15 , wherein a surface roughness of the surface treatment area is Ra, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.1 μm< Ra< 3.5 μm.

17. An optical lens assembly, comprising:

the dual-molded circular optical element of claim 1 .

18. An imaging device, comprising:

a plastic barrel; and

the optical lens assembly of claim 17 , wherein the optical lens assembly is disposed in the plastic barrel.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

the imaging device of claim 18 ; and

an image sensor, disposed on an image surface of the imaging device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2017
From: CHOU, MING-TA; LIN, CHENG-FENG
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043292/0512 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106117446 A · May 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180341048A1 · Nov 29, 2018
Cited By (1)
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