“The pickup lens is generally manufactured by molding glass or plastic such as polyolefin resin or acrylic resin. A plastic pickup lens is produced by injection molding, transfer molding, or other molding techniques using a mold. In an injection molding process, for example, resin is poured into a cavity in the mold through a gate and allows it to cool to solidify, thereby producing a pickup lens.”

“This kind of plastic lenses are mass-produced to reduce unit price. Thus, a plurality of lenses are simultaneously produced using a mold having a plurality of cavities. For example, eight lenses are produced at a time using a mold having eight cavities. Though the quality of the lens formed in each cavity is preferably the same, it may vary in practice. Further, the quality may vary by mold and molding device.”

(Kuwa, US Patent 7,803,291; 9/28/2010)

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