NIKON ZOOM-NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4 ED

US 4,452,513 A — Yoshinari Hamanishi

15 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS
200-400mm
F/4
4 m MFD
135 FORMAT

Focus Mechanism

CONSTRAINED_RECONSTRUCTION: production 4 m MFD modeled by G1-only first focusing; the code-solved relative motion is represented by D5 at the 200 mm and 400 mm endpoints. The patent's nearer 2.5 m/1.4 m worked states are verification references, not production focus states.

Optical Elements (15 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11aNegative Meniscus757317 — E-LAF11 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L11bBiconvex Positive498823 — J-FKH1 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L12Positive Meniscus498823 — J-FKH1 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L2aBiconcave Negative788475 — lanthanum-flint class (vendor unresolved)
L2bBiconvex Positive755276 — SF4 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L2cBiconcave Negative517641 — BK7 class (vendor unresolved)
L22Negative Meniscus802447 — M-TAF31 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L3aBiconvex Positive498823 — J-FKH1 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L3bNegative Meniscus757317 — E-LAF11 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L41Biconvex Positive498823 — J-FKH1 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L42Negative Meniscus788475 — lanthanum-flint class (vendor unresolved)
L43Positive Meniscus517641 — BK7 class (vendor unresolved)
L44Negative Meniscus773494 — M-TAF1 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L45aNegative Meniscus734511 — TAC4 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L45bBiconvex Positive581408 — PBL25 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)