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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Motoyuki Ohtake, Ohmiya, JP;
Koichi Ohshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359692 ; 359740 ;
Abstract
A lens system has a front unit having a positive refractive power and a rear unit having a negative refractive power, in order from the object side, and performs a refractive power varying (zooming) operation by changing an air gap between the two units. The front unit is composed of three lens components of negative, negative, and positive refractive powers.