Lens structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9400368-B2
Application number	US-201213708581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2012
Priority date	Dec 7, 2011
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A lens structure is provided. The lens structure comprises a first barrel, at least one guider and a second barrel. The first barrel has a first groove, and comprises a first pin. The guider is slidably set to the first groove. The guider comprises a main body, a first limiting portion and a second limit portion. The main body has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first limiting portion is connected to the main body and located between the first end and the second end. The second limiting portion is connected to the second end. The second barrel moves with the guider through the first limiting portion and has a second groove to which the first pin of the first barrel is set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens structure with an optical zooming path and an axis, comprising:
a first barrel comprising a first surface perpendicular to the axis, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first groove extending from the first surface to the second surface and forming openings respectively in the first surface and the second surface, and a first pin;
two or more than two guiders slidably disposed in the first groove and movable to protrude over the first surface and/or the second surface through the openings therein, each of the guiders comprising:
a main body comprising a first end and a second end;
a first limiting portion connected to the main body and set between the first end and the second end; and
a second limiting portion connected to the second end; and

a second barrel moving with the guiders to slide along the first groove in accordance with the first limiting portion of each of the guiders, and the second barrel comprising a second groove for the first pin of the first barrel to slide.

2. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second barrel comprises a third surface and a fourth surface, and the third surface and the fourth surface are located between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion.

3. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first limiting portion is connected to the first end of the main body, and the second barrel is set between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion.

4. The lens structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a third barrel, wherein the second barrel is disposed inside of the third barrel, and a second pin of the second barrel slides in accordance with a third groove of the third barrel.

5. The lens structure according to claim 4 , wherein the lens structure further comprises a fourth barrel, and the guiders slide in accordance with a fourth groove of the fourth barrel.

6. The lens structure according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth barrel further comprises a third pin, the third barrel further comprises a fifth groove, and the third pin and the guiders slide in accordance with the fifth groove.

7. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lens structure further comprises a third barrel, and a protrusion portion of the second barrel slides in accordance with a ring groove of the third barrel.

8. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the guiders further comprises a third limiting portion, which is connected to the second limiting portion and extends towards the first limiting portion.

9. The lens structure according to claim 8 , wherein the second barrel is set among the first limiting portion, the second limiting portion and the third limiting portion.

10. The lens structure according to claim 1 , wherein the main body of each of the guiders further comprises a first connection portion, and the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are connected to the first connection portion.

11. The lens structure according to claim 10 , wherein the main body of each of the guiders further comprises at least one second connection portion, and the second connection portion is set on the first connection portion.

12. The lens structure according to claim 11 , wherein the first limiting portion is set on the second connection portion.

13. The lens structure according to claim 10 , wherein the second barrel has a ring groove, and the first limiting portion slides in according with the ring groove.

14. The lens structure according to claim 10 , further comprising a ring piece formed by a plurality of second connection portions, wherein the plurality of second connection portions connect to the first connection portion, and the first limiting portion is set on the first connection portion.

15. A lens structure with an optical zooming path and an axis, comprising:
a first barrel comprising a first surface perpendicular to the axis, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first groove extending from the first surface to the second surface and forming openings respectively in the first surface and the second surface;
two or more than two guiders slidably set to the first groove and movable to protrude over the first surface and/or the second surface through the openings therein, each of the guiders comprising:
a first connection portion;
a second connection portion connected to the first connection portion;
a first limiting portion; and
a second limiting portion connected to the first limiting portion and one end of the first connection portion; and

a second barrel comprising a second groove and a ring groove;
wherein the first limiting portion slides in accordance with the ring groove, and the second barrel follows the guiders to slide along the first groove by the first limiting portion of each of the guiders.

16. The lens structure according to claim 15 , wherein each of the guiders further comprises a third limiting portion, which is connected to the corresponding second limiting portion and extends towards the corresponding first limiting portion, and the second barrel is set among the first limiting portions, the second limiting portions and the third limiting portions.

17. A lens structure with an optical zooming path, comprising a first barrel, a second barrel and a third barrel, the first barrel comprises a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first groove and a first pin, the second barrel comprises a second groove and a second pin, the third barrel comprises a third groove, the first pin slides along the second groove, the second pin slides along the third groove, wherein the lens structure comprises:
two or more than two guiders, each comprising:
a main body comprising a first end and a second end;
a first limiting portion connected to the main body and set between the first end and the second end; and
a second limiting portion connected to the second end;

wherein, the first groove extends from the first surface to the second surface, and the guiders are slidably set to the first groove; and
wherein, the second barrel moves with the guiders to slide along the first groove in accordance with the first limiting portion of each of the guiders.

18. The lens structure according to claim 17 , wherein each of the guiders further comprises a third limiting portion, which is connected to the second limiting portion and extends towards the first limiting portion.

19. The lens structure according to claim 18 , wherein the second barrel is set among the first limiting portion, the second limiting portion and the third limiting portion.

Assignees

• Ability Entpr Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cheng Wen-Chieh
• Tsai Hsiang-Yu

Classifications

• G02B7/04 Primary

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G02B7/10 Primary

  by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens · CPC title