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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. 20, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasunori Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350442 ; 350444 ;
Abstract
A long focal length, super-large aperture ratio reflecting/refractive optical system employing easily workable spherical surfaces and which is suitable for use in an astrocamera or a super-telephoto lens system. The lens system includes four optical units arranged along the optical path, including a first optical unit composed of a meniscus lens having a weak negative power, a second optical unit composed of a reflecting surface having a positive power, a third optical unit for deflecting light reflected from the second optical unit, and a fourth optical unit including at least one negative lens element.