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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Romeo I. Mercado, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/60 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/0045 (2013.01); G02B 9/60 (2013.01); G02B 13/0085 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01); G02F 1/157 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical imaging lens assembly that may have five lens components. The first, third, and fourth lens components may have positive refractive power. The second and fifth lens components may have negative refractive power. The third lens component may have convex object-side and convex image-side refractive surfaces. The fourth lens component may have convex object-side and concave image-side refractive surfaces. The first lens component may include a wafer lens having a lens element molded on one or both surfaces of a planar substrate or two wafer lenses having a lens element molded on one surface of each of two planar substrates. The wafer lens may include an electrically controlled electrochromic surface having variable light transmittance in response to an applied electrical voltage. The refracting surfaces may be aspheric.


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