IP Library Granted Patent US 9,256,053
Granted Patent B2
US 9,256,053 · App. 14/219,705 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus including the imaging lens

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Patent No.
US 9,256,053
App. No.
14/219,705
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens substantially consists of, in order from an object side, five lenses of a first lens that has a biconvex shape, a second lens that has a negative refractive power, a third lens that has a negative refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is concave toward the object side, a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has an aspheric shape which is concave toward an image side and of which an image side surface has an extreme point. Further, the imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Claims (45)

1. An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side, five lenses of:

a first lens that has a biconvex shape;

a second lens that has a negative refractive power;

a third lens that has a negative refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is concave toward the object side;

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has an aspheric shape which is concave toward an image side and of which an image side surface has an extreme point,

wherein the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:

−2 <f/f 45<0  (1), and

0 <f/f 4<0.84  (2), where

f is a focal length of a whole system,

f45 is a composite focal length of the fourth and fifth lenses, and

f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens.

2. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−1<( R 3 f−R 3 r )/( R 3 f+R 3 r )<0  (3), where

R3r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the third lens, and

R3f is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens.

3. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second lens is concave toward the image side.

4. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape which is concave toward the object side.

5. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein among absolute values of respective focal lengths of the first to fifth lenses, the absolute value of the focal length of the third lens is the maximum.

6. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−1.62 <f/f 45<−0.15  (1-1), where

f is the focal length of the whole system, and

f45 is the composite focal length of the fourth and fifth lenses.

7. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0.05 <f/f 4<0.82  (2-1), where

f is the focal length of the whole system, and

f4 is the focal length of the fourth lens.

8. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.5<( R 3 f−R 3 r )/( R 3 f+R 3 r )<−0.01  (3-1), where

R3r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the third lens, and

R3f is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens.

9. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−1.3 <f/f 45<−0.3  (1-2), where

f is the focal length of the whole system, and

f45 is the composite focal length of the fourth and fifth lenses.

10. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

0.1 <f/f 4<0.8  (2-2), where

f is the focal length of the whole system, and

f4 is the focal length of the fourth lens.

11. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is further satisfied:

−0.1<( R 3 f−R 3 r )/( R 3 f+R 3 r )<−0.03  (3-2), where

R3r is a paraxial radius of curvature of an image side surface of the third lens, and

R3f is a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the third lens.

12. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: JIANGXI OFILM OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064178/0340 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2020
From: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
To: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052431/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048045/0443 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: KANDA, HIDEO; KOIKE, KAZUMI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032495/0788 →