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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350186 ;
Abstract
In a variable focus objective an axial air space between a negative front lens and a positive rear lens component is variable for zooming. The first component is movable for focusing independently of the rear component and provided with a variable air space defined therein to facilitate focusing down to short object distances while preserving high grade imagery for close objects throughout the zooming range and assuring a good uniformity of image quality throughout the entire image region even at the full open aperture.