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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Fivefocal Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Scott Kubala, Boulder, CO (US);
Alan E. Baron, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert Matthew Bates, Erie, CO (US);
Jeremy Alan Grata, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
FiveFocal LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 13/146 (2013.01); G02B 13/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An infrared imaging system is formed by passively aligning two or more lens wafers including a plurality of lenses. The lens wafers may be pre-fabricated lens wafers in which the plurality of lenses are aligned utilizing an alignment jig having a plurality of conduits for distributing bonding material. Alternatively, the lens wafers may be formed of a base material molded around the plurality of optical lenses. The lens wafers may have a variety of alignment features, alignment inserts and/or alignment elements.