Patent · US Expired

Optical lens

US4146306A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
3References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1977
Grant dateMar 27, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 27, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B3/08
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical lens having smooth outer surfaces includes at least two layers of different materials and different indices of refraction. Each layer has Fresnel type undulations forming optically active surfaces which interfit or mate with complementary undulations on an adjacent layer in a surface-to-surface and void-free condition. The layers are either fused together or held together by a transparent cement.

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