IP Library Granted Patent US 11,460,716
Granted Patent B2
US 11,460,716 · App. 16/650,600 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Spectacle lens production method and spectacle lens

Inventor: Yuji Hoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
G02C7/024B29C33/14B29D11/0048B29D11/00326G02C7/021G02C7/022G02B5/1814
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Patent No.
US 11,460,716
App. No.
16/650,600
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a spectacle lens 2 including a base portion 2 that is made of a resin material and includes a convex object-side face and a concave eyeball-side face, and an optical element 12 that is made of a material different from the material for forming the base portion and is embedded in the base portion, is described. The method includes: arranging an optical element in a cavity 28 of a mold including a first mold part 20 and a second mold part 24 that can be opened and closed; introducing a resin material for forming a base portion of the spectacle lens into the cavity of the mold; obtaining the spectacle lens by curing the resin material that is a resin for forming the base portion; disassembling the mold; and detaching the spectacle lens from the mold.

Claims (28)

1. A spectacle lens production method for producing a spectacle lens including a base portion that is made of a resin material and the base portion includes a convex object-side face and a concave eyeball-side face, and the spectacle lens includes an optical element that is made of a material different from the material for forming the base portion and is embedded in the base portion, the method comprising:

providing the optical element so as to be arranged in a cavity of a mold including a first mold part and a second mold part that can be opened and closed;

wherein the optical element is a plurality of small beads that are each made of a resin different from the resin for forming the base portion, and that are embedded in the base portion in a state of being partially exposed from the base portion, and

the providing the optical element includes arranging resin material of the resin for forming the small beads by dropping to predetermined positions on a surface of the first mold part of the mold and first curing the resin material for forming the small beads;

after providing the optical element, introducing a resin material for forming the base portion of the spectacle lens into the cavity of the mold;

obtaining the spectacle lens by second curing the resin material that is a resin for forming the base portion;

disassembling the mold; and

detaching the spectacle lens from the mold.

2. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the small beads has a refractive power larger than that of the base portion.

3. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the small beads each have a diameter r of 0.8 to 2.0 mm.

4. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the small beads are made of a thiourethane material.

5. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the refractive power of at least one of the small beads is larger than the refractive power of the base portion by 2.00 to 5.00 diopters.

6. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein intervals between adjacent small beads are each set to a distance that is equal to a radius (r/2) of the small beads.

7. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base portion has a refractive power that corrects short-sightedness.

8. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the small beads are hemispherical.

9. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin for forming the base portion is a thermosetting resin.

10. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the small beads are embedded in the base portion and have a surface being flush with the convex object-side face of the base portion and at least one of the small beads are exposed to the outside of the base portion from the convex object-side face.

11. The spectacle lens production method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spectacle lens has a hard coat layer on the object-side face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2020
From: HOSHI, YUJI
To: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 052454/0096 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-242804 · Dec 19, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-242805 · Dec 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200326559A1 · Oct 15, 2020
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