ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,576, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Atlas Lens Co. (Glendale, Calif.).
"Anamorphic lens assemblies" was invented by Forrest Tanner Schultz (Sun Valley, Calif.) and Duane Scott Dewald (McKinney, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lens assemblies according to the disclosure include an anamorphic lens component and a primary lens component. The anamorphic lens component includes a first cylindrical lens element, a second cylindrical lens element, and a first spherical lens element disposed between the first and second cylindrical lens elements and translatable along an optical axis of the anamorphic lens assembly with respect to the...