Patent · US Expired

Variable focal length lens

US4712882A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1984
Grant dateDec 15, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B3/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A variable focal length lens in which a lens comprising a transparent elastic member having a non-uniform distribution of refractive index is adapted to be deformed by an extraneous force.

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