Patent ID: 11921350
Assignee: COGNEX CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A vision system comprising:
a housing with a front mounting face with an aperture aligned relative to an image sensor located within an interior of the housing, the aperture having an outer step having a first diameter;
the outer step being constructed and arranged to receive a first lens type base and having a mounting flange on the mounting face for the first lens type base; and
a lens module having a frame assembly and a lens barrel, the frame assembly being arranged to removably engage the mounting flange, the frame assembly further having fasteners aligned with fastener receiving members on the front face located at, or adjacent to, the mounting flange, whereby the lens barrel is mounted relative to the sensor in an aligned and spaced-apart relationship, free of mating threads between the lens barrel and the housing,
wherein the frame assembly defines a bracket that carries the fasteners and that surrounds part of the lens barrel, the bracket including an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a focus of the lens barrel, and
wherein the outer step and the mounting flange define a lens C-mount.