IP Library Granted Patent US 9,091,793
Granted Patent B2
US 9,091,793 · App. 13/712,235 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Ina, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Ina, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Ina, JP); Ichiro Kurihara (Yaita, JP); Tomohiro Yonezawa (Yaita, JP)
Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B3/00G02B13/0035
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Patent No.
US 9,091,793
App. No.
13/712,235
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. Further, the first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is positive. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are both positive.

Claims (14)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power, said first lens being formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on an object side is positive;

a second lens having negative refractive power, said second lens being formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on an image plane side is positive; and

a third lens having positive refractive power, said third lens being formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are both positive, arranged in this order from the object side to the image plane side,

wherein said first lens is arranged so that the surface thereof on the image plane side is away from the surface of the second lens on the object side by a distance T 1 on an optical axis, and

said second lens is arranged so that the surface thereof on the image plane side is away from the surface of the third lens on the object side by a distance T 2 on the optical axis so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.6≦ T 1/ T 2<2.0

said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f 12 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

4.0< f 12/ f< 10.0

where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has a surface on the image plane side having a curvature radius R 2 r and said third lens has a surface on the object side having a curvature radius R 3 f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

2.0< R 2 r/R 3 f< 35.0.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has a surface on the image plane side having a curvature radius R 2 r so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.6 <R 2 r/f< 10.0.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057109/0379 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057061/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2018
From: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047288/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2012
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; KURIHARA, ICHIRO; YONEZAWA, TOMOHIRO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029454/0286 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-287076 · Dec 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130170051A1 · Jul 4, 2013