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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Chen Feng, Snohomish, WA (US);
Tao Xian, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Paul Poloniewicz, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Scott Bracken, Lynwood, WA (US);
Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments described herein provide a discrete focusing lens assembly. Some embodiments are designed to enable repositioning of one or more components, such as a lens barrel assembly, to adjust the focus of the discrete focusing lens assembly. Some example discrete focusing lens assemblies include a module base housing a lens barrel assembly having a pair of positioning magnets, a pair of positioning coil assemblies associated with the positioning magnets, and at least one module alignment pin positioning and/or aligning some or all of the components. The positioning coil assemblies together with the positioning magnets are configured to exert various magnetic fields to reposition the lens barrel assembly. Further embodiments are provided for imaging apparatus including at least one discrete focusing lens assembly described herein. Further, embodiments are provided for processes for assembling a discrete focusing lens assembly described herein.