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Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,711 · App. 17/962,583 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Lens and its lens button adjustment structure

Inventors: Jie Li (Zhongshan, CN); Mingyi Liu (Zhongshan, CN)
Assignees: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.; Zhongshan AZU Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
G02B13/08G02B7/026
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Patent No.
US 12,228,711
App. No.
17/962,583
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The application discloses a lens and its button adjustment structure. The button adjustment structure includes a connecting seat, a guidepost, a base and an elastic member. The connecting seat is fixedly connected to the lens or may be part of the lens. The connecting seat includes a first gear structure. The guidepost is fixed on a fixed member on one side of the connecting seat. The base is movably sleeved on the guidepost along an axial direction of the guidepost. The base includes a second gear structure. The elastic member is sleeved on an outer periphery of the guidepost and is located between the base and the fixed member. An elastic force of the elastic member drives the second gear structure on the base to engage the first gear structure of the connecting seat.

Claims (27)

1. A lens button adjustment structure comprising:

a connecting seat ( 100 ), being connected to a lens or being part of the lens,

wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises a first gear structure ( 102 );

a guidepost ( 200 ) disposed on a fixed member on one side of the connecting seat ( 100 );

a base ( 300 ) sleeved in the guidepost ( 200 ) and moveable in an axial direction as the guidepost ( 200 ), wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a second gear structure ( 321 ); and

an elastic member ( 400 ) being sleeved on an outer periphery of the guidepost ( 200 ) and being disposed between the base ( 300 ) and the fixed member, wherein an elastic force of the elastic member ( 400 ) drives the second gear structure ( 321 ) on the base ( 300 ) to engage the first gear structure ( 102 ) of the connecting seat ( 100 ).

2. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises the same size as the lens to which the connecting seat ( 100 ) is connected.

3. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 2 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises a circular shape.

4. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises an annular groove ( 101 ), wherein a direction of the annular groove ( 101 ) is disposed toward a direction of the base ( 300 ), wherein the first gear structure ( 102 ) is disposed on an upper portion of the annular groove ( 101 ), wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a main body ( 310 ) disposed on one side of the connecting seat ( 100 ) and an engaging member ( 320 ) integrally formed on one side of the main body ( 310 ) and extending into the annular groove ( 101 ), wherein the second gear structure ( 321 ) is disposed on the engaging member ( 320 ) facing the first gear structure ( 102 ).

5. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 4 , wherein the main body ( 310 ) comprises a stepped opening ( 311 ) penetrating through both ends, wherein the guidepost ( 200 ) is connected to the stepped opening ( 311 ), wherein the guidepost ( 200 ) comprises a limit surface for contacting with a stepped surface of the stepped opening ( 311 ), wherein the elastic force of the elastic member ( 400 ) drives the stepped surface of the main body ( 310 ) and the limiting surface of the guidepost ( 200 ) to abut against each other.

6. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 5 , wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a guide opening, wherein the guide opening is parallel to the stepped opening ( 311 ) axially, wherein the guide opening comprises a guide pole ( 600 ), wherein a lower end of the guide pole ( 600 ) is connected to the fixed member of the guidepost ( 200 ).

7. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein the guidepost 200 comprises a guide pin, wherein a top end of the guide pin comprises a cross-shaped groove or a straight-line groove, wherein an outer wall of the lower end of the guide pin comprises a thread, wherein the guide pin is securely or fixedly connected with the fixed member through the thread.

8. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein the guidepost ( 300 ) comprises a button cap ( 500 ) on a top end thereof, wherein the button cap ( 500 ) is disposed above the guidepost 200 .

9. A lens comprising:

a lens button adjustment structure, wherein the lens button adjustment structure comprising:

a connecting seat ( 100 ), being connected to a lens or being part of the lens, wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises a first gear structure ( 102 );

a guidepost ( 200 ) disposed on a fixed member on one side of the connecting seat ( 100 );

a base ( 300 ) sleeved in the guidepost ( 200 ) and moveable in an axial direction as the guidepost ( 200 ), wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a second gear structure ( 321 ); and

an elastic member ( 400 ) being sleeved on an outer periphery of the guidepost ( 200 ) and being disposed between the base ( 300 ) and the fixed member, wherein an elastic force of the elastic member ( 400 ) drives the second gear structure ( 321 ) on the base ( 300 ) to engage the first gear structure ( 102 ) of the connecting seat ( 100 ).

10. The lens button adjustment structure of claim 9 , wherein the lens comprises an anamorphic lens.

11. The lens of claim 9 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises the same size as the lens to which the connecting seat ( 100 ) is connected.

12. The lens of claim 11 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises a circular shape.

13. The lens of claim 9 , wherein the connecting seat ( 100 ) comprises an annular groove ( 101 ), wherein a direction of the annular groove ( 101 ) is disposed toward a direction of the base ( 300 ), wherein the first gear structure ( 102 ) is disposed on an upper portion of the annular groove ( 101 ), wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a main body ( 310 ) disposed on one side of the connecting seat ( 100 ) and an engaging member ( 320 ) integrally formed on one side of the main body ( 310 ) and extending into the annular groove ( 101 ), wherein the second gear structure ( 321 ) is disposed on the engaging member ( 320 ) facing the first gear structure ( 102 ).

14. The lens of claim 13 , wherein the main body ( 310 ) comprises a stepped opening ( 311 ) penetrating through both ends, wherein the guidepost ( 200 ) is connected to the stepped opening ( 311 ), wherein the guidepost ( 200 ) comprises a limit surface for contacting with a stepped surface of the stepped opening ( 311 ), wherein the elastic force of the elastic member ( 400 ) drives the stepped surface of the main body ( 310 ) and the limiting surface of the guidepost ( 200 ) to abut against each other.

15. The lens of claim 14 , wherein the base ( 300 ) comprises a guide opening, wherein the guide opening is parallel to the stepped opening ( 311 ) axially, wherein the guide opening comprises a guide pole ( 600 ), wherein a lower end of the guide pole ( 600 ) is connected to the fixed member of the guidepost ( 200 ).

16. The lens of claim 9 , wherein the guidepost ( 200 ) comprises a guide pin, wherein a top end of the guide pin comprises a cross-shaped groove or a straight-line groove, wherein an outer wall of the lower end of the guide pin comprises a thread, wherein the guide pin is securely or fixedly connected with the fixed member through the thread.

17. The lens of claim 9 , wherein the guidepost ( 300 ) comprises a button cap ( 500 ) on a top end thereof, wherein the button cap ( 500 ) is disposed above the guidepost 200 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2026
From: ZHONGSHAN AZU OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075052/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: LI, JIE; LIU, MINGYI
To: ZHONGSHAN AZU OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062615/0973 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2023
From: LI, JIE; LIU, MINGYI
To: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062341/0106 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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