IP Library Granted Patent US 9,360,656
Granted Patent B2
US 9,360,656 · App. 14/375,968 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Imaging lens and imaging device

Inventors: Masaki Yamazaki (Osaka, JP); Takashi Sugiyama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,360,656
App. No.
14/375,968
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens is 20 μm or greater on the optical axis, and when Sg1H is the amount of sag in the image side lens surface of the object side lens and Sg2H is the amount of sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens. The bonding operation is easy without damage occurring to the cemented surfaces, with a design that takes into account thickness of the resin adhesive layer; therefore various forms of aberration can be corrected.

Claims (62)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having negative power, a second lens having negative power, a third lens having positive power, and a fourth lens having positive power arranged in order from an object side toward an image side, wherein

the fourth lens is a cemented lens composed of an object side lens having negative power and an image side lens having positive power, and is provided with a resin adhesive layer bonding the object side lens and the image side lens together;

an image side lens surface of the object side lens and an object side lens surface of the image side lens have different aspheric shapes; and

following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied,

20 μm≦ D   (1)

Sg 1 H<Sg 2 H   (2)

where D represents a thickness of the adhesive resin layer along an optical axis, Sg1H represents sag at height H in an effective diameter of the image side lens surface of the object side lens in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, and Sg2H represents sag in an object side lens surface of the image side lens at height H.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression (3) is satisfied,

D≦ 100 μm.  (3)

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied,

0.9≦ Rs/f≦ 1.3  (4)

where f represents a focal point distance of an entire lens system, and Rs represents a radius of curvature of the image side lens surface of the object side lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression (5) is satisfied,

−3.0 (mm −1 )≦(f41/f42)/f≦−1.5 (mm −1 )  (5)

where f (mm) represents a focal point distance of an entire lens system, f41 (mm) represents a focal point distance of the object side lens, and f42 (mm) represents a focal point distance of the image side lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens, second lens, and image side lens have an Abbe number of 40 or greater, and the third lens and object side lens have an Abbe number of 31 or less.

6. An imaging device comprising:

the imaging lens according to claim 1 ; and

an image pick-up device arranged in a focal point position of the imaging lens.

7. An imaging device comprising:

the imaging lens according to claim 1 ;

an image pick-up device arranged in a focal point position of the imaging lens; and

an optical filter for transmitting a visible light ray and a near infrared ray in a band including a wavelength of 850 nm, wherein

the optical filter is arranged either on the object side of the imaging lens or between the imaging lens and the image pick-up device.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lens is a meniscus lens having a convex shape in the object side lens surface,

the object side lens surface of the second lens has a concave shape,

the third lens has a convex shape in the object side lens surface, and

the following conditional expression (6) is satisfied,

R 31≦| R 32|  (6)

where R31 represents a radius of curvature of the object side lens surface of the third lens and R32 represents a radius of curvature of an image side lens surface of the third lens.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 8 , wherein a half angle of view is 80° or greater.

10. A cemented lens comprising:

an object side lens having negative power;

and an image side lens having positive power, the cemented lens having positive power and being provided with a resin adhesive layer bonding the object side lens and the image side lens together, wherein:

an object side lens surface and an image side lens surface of the object side lens are aspheric in shape,

an object side lens surface and an image side lens surface of the image side lens are aspheric in shape,

the image side lens surface of the object side lens and the object side lens surface of the image side lens have different aspheric shapes,

a gap between the image side lens surface of the object side lens, and

the object side lens surface of the image side lens gradually widens from an optical axis to an outer periphery, and

following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied,

20 μm≦ D   (1)

Sg 1 H<Sg 2 H   (2)

where D represents a thickness of the adhesive resin layer along the optical axis, Sg1H represents sag at height H in an effective diameter of the image side lens surface of the object side lens in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, and Sg2H represents sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens at height H.

11. The cemented lens according to claim 10 , wherein in the object side lens, the object side lens surface has positive curvature, and the image side lens surface has positive curvature, while in the image side lens, the object side lens surface has positive curvature, and the image side lens surface has negative curvature.

12. The cemented lens according to claim 10 , wherein the object side lens has an Abbe number of 31 or less, and the image side lens has an Abbe number of 40 or greater.

13. An imaging lens comprising the cemented lens according to claim 10 .

14. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having negative power, a second lens having negative power, a third lens having positive power, and a fourth lens having positive power arranged in order from an object side toward an image side, wherein

the fourth lens is a cemented lens composed of an object side lens having negative power and an image side lens having positive power, and is provided with a resin adhesive layer bonding the object side lens and the image side lens together;

an image side lens surface of the object side lens and an object side lens surface of the image side lens have different aspheric shapes; and

following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied,

20 μm≦ D   (1)

Sg 1 H≦Sg 2 H   (2)

where D represents a thickness of the adhesive resin layer along an optical axis, Sg1H represents sag at height H in an effective diameter of the image side lens surface of the object side lens in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, and Sg2H represents sag in an object side lens surface of the image side lens at height H, and wherein

the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied,

0.9≦ Rs/f≦ 1.3  (4)

where f represents a focal point distance of an entire lens system, and Rs represents a radius of curvature of the image side lens surface of the object side lens.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, MASAKI; SUGIYAMA, TAKASHI
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033435/0641 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-076319 · Mar 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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