IP Library Granted Patent US 9,891,410
Granted Patent B2
US 9,891,410 · App. 15/387,860 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

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.
G02B13/004G02B9/34G02B27/0025G02B1/11
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Patent No.
US 9,891,410
App. No.
15/387,860
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The second lens is arranged to face the third lens. The first lens has a focal length f1 and the fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd4 so that the specific conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (14)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens having negative refractive power;

a second lens having positive refractive power;

a third lens having positive refractive power; and

a fourth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side,

wherein said second lens is arranged to face the third lens,

and

said first lens has a focal length f1 and said fourth lens has an Abbe's number νd4 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

−75< f 1/ f<− 5.0

45<ν d 4<70

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a negative curvature radius.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has an Abbe's number νd1 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

45<ν d 1<70.

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 2, 2021
From: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057060/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2021
From: KUBOTA, YOJI; KUBOTA, KENICHI; HIRANO, HITOSHI; YONEZAWA, TOMOHIRO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0154 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-262095 · Nov 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 14634966 · Mar 2, 2015
Continuation 14090464 · Nov 26, 2013
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