# US 10,871,624 B2 · Optical apparatus

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- Number: US 10,871,624 B2
- Document ID: US10871624B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/795,478
- Filed: 2017-10-27
- Published: 2018-05-10
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-04
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yuki Nagao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871624B2

## CPC

- G02B 7/025: {using glue}
- G02B 1/11: Anti-reflection coatings
- G02B 3/00: Simple or compound lenses
- G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens}
- G02B 1/113: using inorganic layer materials only
- G02B 2003/0093: {characterised by the shape}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

An optical apparatus includes an optical element, and an attached member to which the optical element is attached. The optical element and the attached member are adhered to each other by an adhesive while the optical element and the attached member contact each other. The optical element includes a flange part that projects from an outer peripheral surface to an outer periphery direction. The adhesive is adhered so as to cover the flange part in an adhesion area where the optical element and the attached member are applied to each other by the adhesive.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical apparatus comprising:
an attached member; and
an optical element attached to the attached member, and including:
an optical function surface on which a coating layer is disposed;
an outer peripheral surface;
a flange part that projects from the outer peripheral surface in an outer periphery direction and including:
an outer periphery part with a diameter thereof that increases toward a side contacting the attached member;
a plane part connected to the outer periphery part outside the outer peripheral surface;
a contact part provided on a side of the attached member and contacting the attached member;
a first area where the coating layer is also disposed; and
a second area where the coating layer is not disposed, the first and second areas being arranged along a circumferential direction,
wherein the optical element and the attached member are adhered to each other with an adhesive while the optical element and the attached member contact each other,
wherein, along a cross section of the optical element including an optical axis thereof and the first area, a length of the contact part is shorter than the length of the plane part,
wherein only part of the outer peripheral surface and the first area of the flange part are covered with the adhesive, in an adhesion area where the optical element and the attached member are adhered to each other by the adhesive, without the second area being covered with the adhesive.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plane part is perpendicular to the optical axis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer is an evaporation coated layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer is an antireflection layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the attached member includes a contact surface that partially contacts the optical element and is perpendicular to the optical axis, and
the adhesive is on at least part of the contact surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical element is a resin lens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical element constitutes part of an image pickup optical system.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attached member is an optical element that constitutes part of an image pickup optical system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is a lens barrel that includes an image pickup optical system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an image pickup apparatus that includes:
a lens barrel that includes an image pickup optical system, and
an image pickup element configured to receive and photoelectrically convert a light flux that has passed the lens barrel.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive covers a surface of the attached member that is perpendicular to the optical axis and the first region of the flange part in the adhesive area.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the first area and the second area are in the outer periphery part, and
the adhesive is disposed on the first area and the outer periphery part, in the adhesion area.