US 12,339,516 B2
Lens stack with replaceable outer lens
Ingrid Cotoros, San Mateo, CA (US); and Ian Griggs, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/731,977.
Application 18/731,977 is a continuation of application No. 17/102,913, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 12,001,075.
Application 17/102,913 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/034804, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,939, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319470 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 7/021 (2013.01) [G02B 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 7/025 (2013.01); G02B 7/026 (2013.01); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 2003/0093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a replaceable lens structure that is mountable on a body of an image capture device, the replaceable lens structure including an outer lens and a retaining ring configured to:
fasten the outer lens in a position covering a first end of a lens barrel of the image capture device in a first arrangement; and
disconnect the outer lens from the body of the image capture device in a second arrangement,
wherein the retaining ring includes a bayonet mechanism configured to facilitate transition between the first arrangement and the second arrangement.