Method of manufacturing an optical component having a holder
AssigneeNippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
InventorYuji Hiranuma
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an optical component having an optical element and a holder attached to the optical element, comprising the steps of: inserting a blank for the optical element into a through hole of the holder wherein the through hole has a narrowed portion at which the blank is prevented from passing through the through hole; sucking at least the blank from an upper side thereof in a state where the blank is inserted into the through hole; transporting the holder and the blank simultaneously to a molding device; placing the blank on a molding surface of the molding device; and heating and pressurizing the blank in the molding device so that the blank is deformed to obtain a predetermined optical surface and is press-fitted to an inner face of the holder.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing an optical component having an optical element and a holder attached to said optical element, comprising the steps of:
- inserting a blank for an optical element into a through hole of a holder wherein said through hole has a narrowed portion at which said blank is prevented from passing through said through hole;
- sucking at least said blank from an upper side thereof in a state where said blank is inserted into said through hole;
- transporting said blank and said holder simultaneously to a molding device;
- placing said blank on a molding surface of said molding device;
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- heating and pressurizing said blank in said molding device so that said blank is deformed into said optical element having a predetermined optical surface and is press-fitted to an inner face of said holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.