US 12,242,024 B2
Dyed lens and method of dyeing lens
Seong Chan Park, Suwon-si (KR); Ae Rim Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Hyun Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Hyeon Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Hae Sung Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Choon Keun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/359,840.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0116071 (KR), filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075096 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 1/04 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/10 (2015.01); G02B 1/12 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 1/041 (2013.01) [B29D 11/00009 (2013.01); B29D 11/00903 (2013.01); B29D 11/00923 (2013.01); G02B 1/00 (2013.01); G02B 1/10 (2013.01); G02B 1/12 (2013.01); G02B 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/003 (2013.01); G02B 13/001 (2013.01); G02B 13/0015 (2013.01); G02B 2003/0093 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens, comprising:
a light-transmitting portion; and
a light-shielding portion disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the light-transmitting portion, and integrated with the light-transmitting portion,
wherein the light-shielding portion comprises a dye including at least one of carbon nanotubes and carbon black permeated into the lens below an outer surface of the lens without forming a separate light-shielding layer on the outer surface of the lens, and
wherein a thickness of the light-shielding portion is 0.1 μm to 50 μm.