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US 2006/0067082 A1Published application
Lens fixing apparatus and method
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHideo Morioka, Masatoshi Koike
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Abstract
A lens unit is inserted to be arranged in a holder portion substantially in a cylindrical shape. The lens unit is rotatably attached with an adjuster. The adjuster is able to be screwed into the holder portion. By rotating the adjuster while being screwed in the holder portion in a state of inserting to arrange the lens unit in the holder portion, the lens unit 5 moves in an axial direction of the holder portion to adjust a position thereof.
Claims7
A lens fixing apparatus comprising:
- a lens holder portion substantially formed in a cylindrical shape;
- a lens unit operable to be inserted in the lens holder portion;
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- an adjuster member being rotatably attached to around either one of an axis of the lens holder portion and an axis of the lens unit, the adjuster member operable to be screwed to the other of the lens holder portion and the lens unit;
- wherein the lens unit is movable in an axial direction of the lens holder portion by rotating the adjuster member while being screwed therewith.
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A lens fixing method, comprising:
- inserting a lens unit in a lens holder portion which is substantially formed in a cylindrical shape;
- rotatably attaching an adjuster member to around either one of an axis of the lens holder portion and the axis of a lens unit;
- screwing the adjuster member to the other of the lens holder portion and the lens unit;
- and
- rotating the adjuster member while being screwed therewith so as to make the lens unit movable in an axial direction of the lens holder portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.