IP Library Granted Patent US 9,134,506
Granted Patent B2
US 9,134,506 · App. 14/254,914 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Nagano, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Nagano, JP); Tomohiro Yonezawa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignees: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/60G02B13/0045G02B13/04
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Patent No.
US 9,134,506
App. No.
14/254,914
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, the second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, and the fourth lens and the fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied: 45<ν d 1<75, 20<ν d 2<35, −10.0< f 45/ f <−1.0, where f is a focal length of a whole lens system.

Claims (25)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having negative refractive power;

a third lens having negative refractive power;

a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and

a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a negative curvature radius,

said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius,

said third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii, and the surface thereof on the image plane side is formed in an aspheric shape having an inflexion point,

said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have negative curvature radii,

said fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius, and

said first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, said second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3, and said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

45<ν d 1<75,

20<ν d 2<35,

45<ν d 3<75,

−10.0< f 45/ f<− 1.0,

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f12 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< f 12/ f 45<−0.2.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−30< f 3/ f<− 15.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f2 and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.01< f 2/ f 3<0.1.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R3r, and said fourth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< R 4 f/R 3 r<− 0.2.

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 Apr 17, 2014
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; YONEZAWA, TOMOHIRO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032694/0082 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-094811 · Apr 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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