IP Library Granted Patent US 11,249,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,249,327 · App. 16/474,196 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Lens and eyewear

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamibeppu (Nagoya, JP); Hirofumi Asada (Niihama, JP); Akifumi Aono (Nagoya, JP); Akihiro Muramatsu (Marugame, JP); Toshifumi Hino (Saijo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
G02C7/083
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Patent No.
US 11,249,327
App. No.
16/474,196
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a lens that includes a lens body and an internal electrode at least a part of which is exposed to an outer edge part of the lens body. The lens is configured so that in the outer edge part of the lens body, the shape of a first region that includes an exposed part where the internal electrode is exposed and the shape of a second region that does not include the exposed part are different. This configuration makes it possible to provide a lens that can be easily attached to a frame.

Claims (29)

1. A lens, comprising:

a lens body; and

an internal electrode that is attached to the lens body, at least a part of the internal electrode being exposed in an outer edge part of the lens body, wherein:

a shape of a first region including an exposed part where the internal electrode is exposed and a shape of a second region not including the exposed part are different in the outer edge part of the lens body,

an outer edge part on an upper side of the lens body is the first region,

an outer edge part on a lower side of the lens body is the second region,

a boundary between the first region and the second region is located on each of right and left sides of the lens body, and

the boundary between the first region and the second region is located below a bridge or a temple of a frame of eyewear, with the lens body held in the frame.

2. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the shape of the first region has a plane at a tip, and

an end part of the internal electrode is exposed on the plane.

3. The lens according to claim 2 , wherein:

the first region has a protruding shape including the plane at the tip, and

the shape of the second region is a V-shape.

4. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein the shape of the second region is sharp at a tip.

5. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein the shape of the second region has a groove part at a tip.

6. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of an end part of the lens body in the first region is larger than a thickness of an end part of the lens body in the second region as viewed in a cross section cut along a thickness direction of the lens body.

7. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein:

the lens body is held in the frame,

the internal electrode is buried in the lens body and electrically in contact with an external electrode provided in the frame,

the first region is a first fitting part that is fitted into the frame, with the exposed part in contact with the external electrode, and

the second region is a second fitting part that is connected to the first region and fitted into the frame.

8. The lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least a thickness dimension of the exposed part in the first region is different from a thickness dimension of a center portion of the lens body as viewed in a cross section cut along a thickness direction of the lens body.

9. The lens according to claim 8 , wherein at least the thickness dimension of the exposed part in the first region is set to be smaller than the thickness dimension of the center portion of the lens body as viewed in a cross section cut along the thickness direction of the lens body.

10. An eyewear comprising:

the lens according to claim 1 ;

a frame including a lens holder by which the lens is held, the frame being a portion to be worn by a user; and

an external electrode disposed between the lens holder and the lens.

11. The eyewear according to claim 10 , wherein a conductive rubber is disposed between the exposed part and the external electrode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2024
From: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
To: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 066439/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2019
From: KAMIBEPPU, TSUYOSHI; ASADA, HIROFUMI; AONO, AKIFUMI; MURAMATSU, AKIHIRO; HINO, TOSHIFUMI
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049609/0691 →