IP Library Granted Patent US 10,345,557
Granted Patent B2
US 10,345,557 · App. 15/685,799 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Nagano, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Nagano, JP); Hisao Fukaya (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 10,345,557
App. No.
15/685,799
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens, arranged with a space in between. The second lens group includes a front side lens group having negative refractive power and a rear side lens group having positive refractive power. The front side lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens arranged with a space in between. The rear side lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens arranged with a space in between. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a specific curvature radius so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied.

Claims (65)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens, arranged with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a front side lens group having negative refractive power and a rear side lens group having positive refractive power,

said front side lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens arranged with a space in between,

said rear side lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens arranged with a space in between, and

said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.6< R 4 f/f<− 0.1,

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens group is arranged to be away from the second lens group by a distance Da on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< Da/f< 0.3.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said front side lens group is arranged to be away from the rear side lens group by a distance Db on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.02< Db/f< 0.1.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3< f 4/ f<− 1.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens has a focal length f5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

3<| f 5|/ f< 60.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.3< f 4/ f 6<−0.6.

7. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, and a third lens, arranged with a space in between,

said second lens group includes a front side lens group and a rear side lens group having positive refractive power,

said front side lens group includes a fourth lens having negative refractive power and a fifth lens having positive refractive power arranged with a space in between,

said rear side lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens arranged with a space in between, and

said fifth lens has a focal length f5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

3<| f 5|/ f< 60,

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

8. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said first lens group is arranged to be away from the second lens group by a distance Da on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05< Da/f< 0.3.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.6< R 4 f/f<− 0.1.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said front side lens group is arranged to be away from the rear side lens group by a distance Db on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.02< Db/f< 0.1.

11. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3< f 4/ f<− 1.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.3< f 4/ f 6<−0.6.

13. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens group; and

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

wherein said first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens, arranged with a space in between,

said first lens group further includes an aperture stop disposed between the first lens and the second lens,

said second lens group includes a front side lens group and a rear side lens group,

said front side lens group includes a fourth lens having negative refractive power and a fifth lens having positive refractive power arranged with a space in between,

said rear side lens group includes a sixth lens having positive refractive power and a seventh lens arranged with a space in between,

each of said first lens, said second lens, said third lens, said fourth lens, said fifth lens, said sixth lens, and said seventh lens is formed of a plastic,

said fifth lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface thereof facing the object side is convex near an optical axis thereof, and

said first lens group is arranged to be away from the second lens group by a distance Da on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.05 <Da/f< 0.3,

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

14. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R4f so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−0.6< R 4 f/f<− 0.1.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R7r so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.2< R 7 r/f< 0.6.

16. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said front side lens group is arranged to be away from the rear side lens group by a distance Db on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.02< Db/f< 0.1.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3< f 4/ f<− 1.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said fifth lens has a focal length f5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

3<| f 5|/ f< 60.

19. The imaging lens according to claim 13 , wherein said fourth lens has a focal length f4 and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.3< f 4/ f 6<−0.6.

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; FUKAYA, HISAO
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0275 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-171027 · Aug 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15235280 · Aug 12, 2016
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