US Patent Issued to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems on April 21 for "Snap-fit lens barrel systems and methods" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,909, issued on April 21, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Snap-fit lens barrel systems and methods" was invented by William J. Hall (Concord, N.C.), David Ovrutsky (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jeff Galli (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for facilitating wide field of view (FOV) imaging systems and methods are provided. In one example, an imaging device includes a lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a first body portion including a first lens element at least partially disposed therein, a second body portion including a second lens element and a third lens element at least p...