US Patent Issued to HOYA LENS THAILAND on March 24 for "Holding jig, optical element coating method, and optical lens manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,008, issued on March 24, was assigned to HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD. (Pathumthani, Thailand).

"Holding jig, optical element coating method, and optical lens manufacturing method" was invented by Satoshi Annaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding jig which is capable of holding any of optical elements of various shapes or sizes, and free of causing deformation or damage of the optical elements. A holding jig for holding an optical element includes: a base; first, second and third holding parts which hold the periphery of a lens substrate; a first arm to which the first holding part is attached and which is provided to the bas...