Optical coupling lens mold core

• US 8,905,745 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2013
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kuo, Chang-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): HEITBRINK, TIMOTHY W
• Application Number:
  US13/858,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20140134288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 611 Days
• Field of Search: 425/182, 425/185, 425/190, 425/577, 425/808
• US Class Current: 425/190
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 33/76 Cores B29C33/02 - B29C33/70, B29C41/40, B29C53/74, B29C53/82 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/26 Moulds
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/2602 Mould construction elements
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2011/0016 Lenses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 425/808 Lens mold

Abstract

A mold core includes first and second main bodies and an adjustment assembly. The first main body includes a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a receiving cavity passing through the front and rear surfaces. The front surface defines two first cavities at opposite sides of the receiving cavity. A connection line of centers of the first cavities intersects with a symmetry axis of the first cavities to form a first intersection point. The second main body includes a forming surface defining second cavities. A connection line of centers of the molding cavities intersects with a symmetry axis of the second cavities to form a second intersection point. The forming surface is coplanar with the front surface. The adjustment assembly abuts the first and the second main bodies to compensate an offset between the first and second intersection points to satisfy a predetermined range.

Claims

1. An optical coupling lens mold core comprising:

a first main body comprising a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a receiving cavity passing through the front surface and the rear surface, the front surface being parallel to the rear surface and defining two first molding cavities for forming posts of an optical coupling lens, the receiving cavity located between the first molding cavities, a connection line of centers of the first molding cavities intersecting with a symmetry axis of the first molding cavities to form a first intersection point;

a second main body comprising a forming surface, the forming surface defining two groups of second molding cavities for forming converging lenses, a connection line of centers of the second molding cavities intersecting with a symmetry axis of the two groups of second molding cavities to form a second intersection point, the second main body received in the receiving cavity, and the forming surface being coplanar with the front surface; and

an adjustment assembly received in the receiving cavity and tightly abutting against the first main body and the second main body, and configured for avoiding or reducing an offset between the first intersection point and the second intersection point to a predetermined range.

2. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first main body comprises a bottom surface, a first inner side surface, a second inner side surface, a third inner side surface, and a top surface, the bottom surface is parallel to the upper surface and is recessed relative to the upper surface, the first inner side surface and the second inner side surface perpendicularly extend from the bottom surface and are parallel to each other, the third inner side surface is spaced apart from the bottom surface and perpendicularly interconnected between the first inner side surface and the second inner side surface, and the top surface is arranged between the upper surface and the bottom surface and interconnected between the third inner side surface and the front surface.

3. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the lower outer surface, the first adjustment member contacts the bottom surface and the lower outer surface, the first outer side surface contacts the first inner side surface, the second outer side surface contacts the second inner side surface, and the first portion contacts the top surface.

4. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the first portion, the first adjustment member contacts the first portion and the top surface, the first outer side surface contacts the first inner side surface, the second outer side surface contacts the second inner side surface, and the lower outer surface contacts the bottom surface.

5. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the second outer side surface, the first adjustment member contacts the second outer side surface and the second inner side surface, the first outer side surface contacts the first inner side surface, the lower outer surface contacts the bottom surface, and the first portion contacts the top surface.

6. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the first portion and a second adjustment member mounted on the second outer side surface, the first adjustment member contacts the first portion and the top surface, the first outer side surface contacts the first inner side surface, the lower outer surface contacts the bottom surface, and the second adjustment member contacts the second outer side surface and the second inner side surface.

7. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the first outer side surface and a second adjustment member mounted on the second outer side surface, the first adjustment member contacts the first outer side surface and the first inner side surface, the first portion contacts the top surface, the second adjustment member contacts the second outer side surface and the second inner side surface, and the lower outer surface contacts the bottom surface.

8. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the first outer side surface, a second adjustment member mounted on the first portion, and a third adjustment member mounted on the second outer side surface, the first adjustment member contacts the first outer side surface and the first inner side surface, the second adjustment member contacts the top surface and the first portion, the third adjustment member contacts the second outer side surface and the second inner side surface, and the lower outer surface contacts the bottom surface.

9. The optical coupling lens mold core as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second main body comprises an upper outer surface, a first outer side surface, a second outer side surface opposite to the first outer side surface, and a lower outer surface opposite to the upper outer surface, the upper outer surface, the first outer side surface, the second outer side surface, and the lower outer surface perpendicularly connect the forming surface and are connected each other end-to-end, the upper outer surface is a step surface and comprises a first portion parallel to the lower outer surface and a second portion parallel to the first portion, the adjustment assembly comprises a first adjustment member mounted on the first outer side surface, a second adjustment member mounted on the first portion, a third adjustment member mounted on the second outer side surface, and a fourth adjustment member mounted on the lower outer surface, the first adjustment member contacts the first outer side surface and the first inner side surface, the second adjustment member contacts the top surface and the first portion, the third adjustment member contacts the second outer side surface and the second inner side surface, and the fourth adjustment member contacts the lower outer surface and the bottom surface.