IP Library Granted Patent US 7,911,712
Granted Patent B2
US 7,911,712 · App. 12/607,753 · Granted Mar 22, 2011

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,911,712
App. No.
12/607,753
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens having a negative power and including a concave image-side surface, a second lens having a positive power, a stop, a third negative lens, which is a biconcave lens, a fourth lens having a positive power, and a fifth lens having a positive power and including a convex image-side surface. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: 0.18<( D 4+ D 5)/ f <0.44, and 0.18< D 1/ f where f denotes a focal length of an entire lens system, D 1 denotes a thickness of a center of the first lens, D 4 denotes a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to the stop on an optical axis, and D 5 denotes a distance from the stop to an object-side surface of the third lens on the optical axis.

Claims (70)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens that has a negative power and includes a concave surface facing an image side;

a second lens having a positive power;

a stop;

a third negative lens that is a biconcave lens;

a fourth lens having a positive power; and

a fifth lens that has a positive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side,

wherein the first to fifth lenses are arranged in this order from the object side, and

the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:

0.18<( D 4 +D 5)/ f< 0.44, and

0.18 <D 1 /f

where f denotes a focal length of an entire lens system, D 1 denotes a thickness of a center of the first lens, D 4 denotes a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to the stop on an optical axis, and D 5 denotes a distance from the stop to an object-side surface of the third lens on the optical axis.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second lens is a biconvex lens, and

an absolute value of a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens is smaller than that of a curvature radius of the image-side surface of the second lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth lens is a meniscus lens or a plano-convex lens having a convex surface facing the image side.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fifth lens is a biconvex lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

ν2<39

where ν 2 denotes the Abbe number of the second lens at the d-line.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

16.0 mm<L<27.0 mm

where L denotes a distance from a top of an object-side surface of the first lens to an image formation surface.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

5.0 mm<f<9.0 mm

where f denotes the focal length of the entire lens system.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.2 <D 2 /f< 0.7

where f denotes the focal length of the entire lens system, and D 2 denotes an air space between the first lens and the second lens.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.5 <Bf/f< 1.5

where f denotes the focal length of the entire lens system, and Bf denotes an air equivalent distance from a top of an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an image formation surface.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

−2.2 <f 1 /f<− 1.2

where f denotes the focal length of the entire lens system, and f 1 denotes a focal length of the first lens.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.8 <f 345 /f

where f denotes the focal length of the entire lens system, and f 345 denotes a composite focal length of the third to fifth lenses.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.30 <|R 6 /R 7|<1.50

where R 6 denotes a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens, and R 7 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein ν 1 is equal to or greater than 40, and ν 4 and ν 5 are equal to or greater than 35 where ν 1 denotes the Abbe number of the first lens at the d-line, ν 4 denotes the Abbe number of the fourth lens at the d-line, and ν 5 denotes the Abbe number of the fifth lens at the d-line.

14. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

0.3 <|f 12 /f 345|<1.4

where f 12 denotes a composite focal length of the first and second lenses, and f 345 denotes a composite focal length of the third to fifth lenses.

15. An imaging apparatus comprising the imaging lens according to claim 1 .

16. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens that has a negative power and includes a concave surface facing an image side;

a second lens having a positive power;

a stop;

a third negative lens that is a biconcave lens;

a fourth lens having a positive power; and

a fifth lens that has a positive power and includes a convex surface facing an image side,

wherein the first to fifth lenses are in order from the object side, and

the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:

1.81≦N2<1.92, and

25<ν2<38

where N 2 denotes a refractive index of the second lens at a d-line, and ν 2 denotes the Abbe number of the second lens at the d-line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: FUJINON CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047155/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2009
From: KITAHARA, YU; YAMAMOTO, YOKO; ASAMI, TARO
To: FUJINON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023467/0495 →