IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,506,858
Granted Patent B2
US 11,506,858 · App. 16/735,702 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Lens module

Inventors: Shin-Jen Wang (Hsinchu County, TW); Shih-Ching Huang (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: Rays Optics Inc.
G02B7/021H04N5/2254G02B9/12G03B17/12
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Patent No.
US 11,506,858
App. No.
16/735,702
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens module including a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses having refractive power is provided. The lenses are arranged in the lens barrel from an object side to an image side. The lens barrel has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface opposite to each other, and has an air outlet communicating with outside. The air outlet is located between the inner-wall surface and the outer-wall surface. A first lens of these lenses is a lens closest to the object side. The first lens has an object-side optical surface facing the object side. At least over 95% of the surface area of the object-side optical surface of the first lens is exposed to outside, and a material of the first lens is glass. Furthermore, another lens module is also provided.

Claims (25)

1. A lens module comprising a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses having refractive power, wherein,

the lens barrel has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface opposite to each other and is provided with an air outlet communicating with the outside, wherein the air outlet is located between the inner-wall surface and the outer-wall surface; and

a first lens of the lenses is the lens closest to an object side, the first lens has an object-side optical surface facing the object side, and at least over 95% of a surface area of the optical surface of the first lens is exposed to the outside, and a material of the first lens is glass, wherein the air outlet is capable of communicating with an inside space being inside the lens barrel and reaching a surface of the first lens facing away from the object side.

2. The lens module according to claim 1 , wherein the inner-wall surface defines an accommodation space, and the outer-wall surface faces the outside, wherein the lenses are disposed in the accommodation space and lean on the inner-wall surface.

3. The lens module according to claim 2 , wherein a penetration direction of the air outlet is substantially parallel to an optical axis direction of the lens.

4. The lens module according to claim 2 , wherein a penetration direction of the air outlet is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens.

5. The lens module according to claim 2 , wherein the outer-wall surface of the lens barrel is provided with a threaded portion.

6. The lens module according to claim 5 , wherein the threaded portion is adapted to be screwed to a lens holder.

7. The lens module according to claim 1 , wherein the lenses further comprise a second lens, and the second lens is the lens closest to an image side, and a material of the second lens is plastic and has a cut edge.

8. The lens module according to claim 1 , wherein at least over 98% of the surface area of the optical surface of the first lens is exposed to the outside.

9. The lens module according to claim 7 , wherein the lenses further comprise a third lens disposed between the first lens and the second lens.

10. The lens module according to claim 8 , further comprising a spacer disposed in the lens barrel, and the spacer is configured to lean on at least one of the lenses.

11. A lens module comprising a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses having refractive power, wherein,

the lens barrel has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface opposite to each other and is provided with an air outlet communicating with the outside, wherein the air outlet is located between the inner-wall surface and the outer-wall surface; and

a first lens of the lenses is the lens closest to an object side, the first lens has an object-side optical surface facing the object side, a material of the first lens is glass,

wherein there is no retainer to cover the object-side optical surface of the first lens, and the air outlet is capable of communicating with an inside space being inside the lens barrel and reaching a surface of the first lens facing away from the object side.

12. The lens module according to claim 11 , wherein the inner-wall surface defines an accommodation space, and the outer-wall surface faces the outside, wherein the lenses are disposed in the accommodation space and lean on the inner-wall surface.

13. The lens module according to claim 12 , wherein a penetration direction of the air outlet is substantially parallel to an optical axis direction of the lens.

14. The lens module according to claim 12 , wherein a penetration direction of the air outlet is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens.

15. The lens module according to claim 12 , wherein the outer-wall surface of the lens barrel is provided with a threaded portion.

16. The lens module according to claim 15 , wherein the threaded portion is adapted to be screwed to a lens holder.

17. The lens module according to claim 11 , wherein the lenses further comprise a second lens, and the second lens is the lens closest to an image side, and a material of the second lens is plastic and has a cut edge.

18. The lens module according to claim 17 , wherein the lenses further comprise a third lens disposed between the first lens and the second lens.

19. The lens module according to claim 18 , further comprising a spacer disposed in the lens barrel, and the spacer is configured to lean on at least one of the lenses.

20. The lens module according to claim 11 , wherein at least over 98% of the surface area of the optical surface of the first lens is exposed to the outside.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: RAYS OPTICS INC.
To: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 065976/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: WANG, SHIN-JEN; HUANG, SHIH-CHING
To: RAYS OPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 051430/0087 →
Continuity (1)
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