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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:
Jun. 23, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kimihiko Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350469 ; 350432 ; 350450 ;
Abstract
An objective lens system for an endoscope comprises a first lens component having a negative refracting power, a second lens component having a positive refracting power, a third lens component having a positive refracting power and a fourth lens component involving a meniscus lens having its concave surface facing the object side, with the lens system being such that the total length is short, the outside diameter is small, the angle of view is wide, and the illuminance in the peripheral portion of the image field is high.