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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Laurens Nunnink, Simpleveld, NL;
Rene Delasauce, Aachen, DE;
Nicole Dippel, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Weber, Aachen, DE;
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a vision system having a housing and an interchangeable lens module is provided. The module is adapted to seat on a C-mount ring provided on the front, mounting face of the housing. The module is attached via a plurality of fasteners that pass through a frame of the module and into the mounting face. The module includes a connector in a fixed location, which mates with a connector well on the mounting face to provide power and control to a driver board that operates a variable (e.g. liquid) lens within the optics of the lens module. The driver board is connected to the lens body by a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), which also allows for axial motion of the lens body with respect to the frame. This axial motion can be effected by an adjustment ring that can include an indexed/lockable, geared, outer surface.