US Patent Issued to Navitar on July 8 for "Rear adapter for a high etendue modular zoom lens" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,935, issued on July 8, was assigned to Navitar Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Rear adapter for a high etendue modular zoom lens" was invented by Chad Byler (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear adapter module for a finite conjugate optical assembly and camera is configured to couple with a core zoom module. A lens assembly of the rear adapter module includes three or more lens elements and has a positive focal length. The lens assembly exhibits a pupil size of between 16 and 25 mm and a pupil depth greater than 50 mm."

The patent was filed on Sept. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/465,133.

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