IP Library Granted Patent US 9,239,446
Granted Patent B2
US 9,239,446 · App. 14/220,709 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus including the imaging lens

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Patent No.
US 9,239,446
App. No.
14/220,709
Granted
Jan 19, 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 positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, a second lens that has a negative refractive power, a third lens that has a negative refractive power, a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has an object side surface and an image side surface which have aspheric shapes. Further, the imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Claims (35)

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

a first lens that has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side;

a second lens that has a negative refractive power;

a third lens that has a negative refractive power;

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has an object side surface and an image side surface which have aspheric shapes,

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

0.043< f/f 45<0.186  (1), and

f/f 2<−0.673  (2), where

f is a composite focal length of a whole system,

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

f2 is a focal length of the second lens.

2. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein an image side surface of the third lens has an aspheric shape, an intersection point between the image side surface of the third lens and a principal ray with a maximum angle of view is positioned on the object side of an intersection point between the image side surface of the third lens and an optical axis, and an intersection point between an object side surface of the third lens and the principal ray with the maximum angle of view is positioned on the object side of an intersection point between the object side surface of the third lens and the optical axis.

3. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, and each of the object side surface and the image side surface has an aspheric shape which has at least one extreme point.

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

5. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens has a meniscus shape which is convex toward an image side.

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

0.053< f/f 45<0.178  (1-1), where

f is the composite 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:

−0.92< f/f 2<−0.71  (2-1), where

f is the composite focal length of the whole system, and

f2 is the focal length of the second lens.

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

0.063< f/f 45<0.17  (1-2), where

f is the composite focal length of the whole system, and

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

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

−0.83< f/f 2<−0.75  (2-2), where

f is the composite focal length of the whole system, and

f2 is the focal length of the second lens.

10. The imaging lens, as defined in claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop that is disposed on the object side of an object side surface of the second lens.

11. 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 20, 2014
From: YONEYAMA, KAZUYA; CHO, MICHIO; KOIKE, KAZUMI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032488/0038 →