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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Optotune Consumer Ag, Dietikon, CH;

Inventors:

Manuel Aschwanden, Allenwinden, CH;

Michael Bueeler, Vogelsang, CH;

David Niederer, Küttigen, CH;

Chris Laning, Windisch, CH;

Roman Patscheider, Winterthur, CH;

Assignee:

OPTOTUNE CONSUMER AG, Dietikon, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/004 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); H02K 41/0354 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an optical device (), comprising: a container () forming a fluidic lens, the container () comprising a transparent and elastically expandable membrane (), a transparent optical element () facing the membrane (), and a wall member (), wherein the optical element () and the membrane () are connected to the wall member, and wherein said container encloses a volume (V) that is filled with a fluid (F), a lens shaping part () that is in contact with said membrane () for defining a curvature adjustable area () of the membrane (), which area () faces said optical element (), and a circumferential lens barrel () extending in an axial direction, which lens barrel () surrounds an opening () in which at least one rigid lens () is arranged that is held by the lens barrel (), and a voice coil motor () that is designed to move the lens shaping part () along an axial direction (z) with respect to said container (), so as to adjust a curvature of said area () and therewith a focal length of the fluidic lens, wherein the voice coil motor () comprises at least one coil () arranged on a movable part () and a plurality of magnetic structures () arranged on a motor holder (), wherein said movable part () is movably mounted to the motor holder () via a spring structure () so that it can be moved along said axial direction (z), and wherein the lens shaping part () is mounted to said movable part ().


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