METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTIFOCAL LENS AND MULTIFOCAL LENS

• US 20070195263A1
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Goto, Yoshitaka, SHIMIZU, Akihiro, NISHI, Kota, MIYAZAWA, Takanori
• Application Number:
  US11/677,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20070195263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/168
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 11/00028 Bifocal lenses; Multifocal lenses
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 11/0049 Double sided moulds
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/10 Bifocal lenses; Multifocal lenses

Abstract

A multifocal lens includes a group including M layered lenses. M-kinds (M is an integer of two or more) of lens materials having glass deformation point temperatures of At₁, At₂, . . . , At_M, are used and diluted by a heat press method. A contact surface of an N−1th lens (N is an arbitrary integer of two or more and M or less) contacted with an Nth lens is a concave face, a contact surface of the Nth lens contacted with the N−1th lens is a convex face. The glass deformation point temperatures have a relation of At_N-1>At_N.

Claims

1. A multifocal lens comprising a group including M layered lenses,

wherein M-kinds (M is an integer of two or more) of lens materials having glass deformation point temperatures of At₁, At₂, . . . , At_M, are used and diluted by a heat press method,

wherein a contact surface of an N−

1th lens (N is an arbitrary integer of two or more and M or less) contacted with an Nth lens is a concave face, a contact surface of the Nth lens contacted with the N−

1th lens is a convex face, and

wherein the glass deformation point temperatures have a relation of At_N-1>

At_N.

14. The multifocal lens according to claim 1, wherein at least one kind of lens material among the M-kinds of lens materials is synthetic resin and at least one another type of lens material is glass.

2. A method of manufacturing a multifocal lens that includes a group of two layered lenses, comprising

a) forming a first lens by diluting a first lens material having a glass deformation point temperature At₁;

b) forming a second lens by diluting a second lens material having a glass deformation point temperature At₂ (At₁>

At₂) while using the first lens as a part of a molding die, and

c) bonding the second lens to the first lens simultaneously with step b) so that a contact surface of the first lens contacting with the second lens is a concave face and a contact surface of the second lens contacting with first lens is a convex face.

11. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 2,

wherein, in step a), the first lens material having the glass deformation point temperature At₁ is diluted to provide a concave section of a upper surface at which the first lens is contacted with the second lens and an uneven section for a positioning at a concentric circle of the concave section;

wherein in step b), the second lens material having the glass deformation point temperature At₂ is placed on the concave section surrounded by the uneven section.

12. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 2, further comprising;

forming a cutoff reference surface so that an outer periphery of the multifocal lens is positioned at the portion in which the lens is placed.

13. A multifocal lens manufactured by the method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 2.

3. A method of manufacturing a multifocal lens that includes a group of three layered lenses, comprising:

a) forming a first lens by diluting a first lens material having the glass deformation point temperature At₁ with heat pressing;

b) forming a second lens by diluting a second lens material having a glass deformation point temperature At₂ (At₁>

At₂) with heat pressing while using the first lens as a part of a molding die;

c) bonding the second lens to the first lens simultaneously with step b)

d) forming a third lens by diluting a third lens material having a glass deformation point temperature At₃ (At₁>

At₂>

At₃) with heat pressing while using the first lens and/or the second lens as a part of a molding die; and

e) bonding the third lens to the first lens and/or the second lens simultaneously with step d).

4. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 3, further comprising:

f) forming one or more concave sections at an upper surface of the first lens; and

g) placing the second lens material on the concave sections.

5. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 4, wherein

an upper surface of the first lens other than the concave sections is formed as a concave face;

an upper surface of the second lens is formed to be a curved surface continuous from the concave faces of the first lens; and

the third lens material is placed on an upper surface of the continuous curved surface composed of the concave faces of the first lens and the upper part of the second lens.

6. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claims 3, wherein step d) further comprises.

d′

) forming a reference surface having at least two different diameters so that an outer periphery of the multifocal lens is positioned at a portion having a stepped shape to which the lens is-attached;

d″

) making a diameter of the second lens smaller than a diameter of the first lens and a diameter of the third lens; and

d′

″

) adjusting the optical axis of the third lens to be the same of the optical axis of the first lens.

7. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 3,

wherein the three kinds of lens materials are diluted so that the first lens and the third lens have the almost same diameter and the second lens has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the first lens and,

wherein the optical axis of the third lens is adjusted to be the same of the optical axis of the first lens.

8. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according claim 3, wherein the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are adjusted to have the identical optical axis.

9. The method of manufacturing a multifocal lens according to claim 3, wherein, in the step d), the first lens and the third lens are shaped to have the almost same diameter, the second lens is shaped as a doughnut-like, the second lens is adjusted to have an outer diameter smaller than the diameters of the first lens and the third lens;

and the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are shaped to have an identical optical axis.

10. The method of manufacturing a multi focal lens according to claims 3, wherein

a glass transition temperature of the first lens material is Tg₁, a glass transition temperature of the second lens material is Tg₂, and a glass transition temperature of the third lens is Tg₃;

the respective glass transition temperatures have a relation of Tg₁>

Tg₂>

Tg₃; and

the respective glass transition temperatures have a relation of Tg₁>

At₂ and a relation of Tg₂>

At₃.