IP Library Granted Patent US 10,330,893
Granted Patent B2
US 10,330,893 · App. 15/794,056 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Nagano, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Nagano, JP); Hisao Fukaya (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/62
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Patent No.
US 10,330,893
App. No.
15/794,056
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes an aperture stop; a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. A surface of the first lens on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. A surface of the third lens on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. A surface of the fifth lens on the object side and a surface of the fifth lens on the image plane side have inflection points and are aspheric. A surface of the sixth lens on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The first to the third lenses have specific thicknesses so that specific conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (73)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

an aperture stop;

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having negative refractive power;

a third lens;

a fourth lens;

a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and

a sixth lens, 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 image plane side has a positive curvature radius,

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

said fifth 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 inflection points and are aspheric,

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

said first lens has a thickness T 1 on an optical axis thereof, said second lens has a thickness T 2 on an optical axis thereof, and said third lens has a thickness T 3 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

3.0< T 1/ T 2<4.0,

0.15< T 2/ T 3≤0.52,

and

said first lens is disposed away from the second lens by a distance D 12 on the optical axis, and said second lens is disposed away from the third lens by a distance D 23 on the optical axis so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

3.38≤ D 23/ D 12<20.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f 2 and said third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.3< f 2/ f 3<−0.3.

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

0.5< f 3/ f< 3.0,

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

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f 3 and said fourth lens has a focal length f 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< f 3/ f 4<−0.01.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape such that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R 3 f and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R 3 r so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−2.0< R 3 f/R 3 r< 0.6.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens is disposed away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on the optical axis, and said fourth lens is disposed away from the fifth lens by a distance D 45 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.2< D 34/ D 45<2.0.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens has a thickness T 4 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.7< T 3/ T 4<4.5.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens has a thickness T 5 on an optical axis thereof and said sixth lens has a thickness T 6 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.6< T 5/ T 6<2.0.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

40<ν d 3<75.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

15<ν d 5<35.

11. An imaging lens comprising:

an aperture stop;

a first lens having positive refractive power;

a second lens having negative refractive power;

a third lens;

a fourth lens;

a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and

a sixth lens, 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 image plane side has a positive 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 image plane side has a positive curvature radius,

said fifth 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 inflection points and are aspheric,

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

said first lens has a thickness T 1 on an optical axis thereof, said second lens has a thickness T 2 on an optical axis thereof, and said third lens has a thickness T 3 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

3.0< T 1/ T 2<4.0,

0.15< T 2/ T 3<0.6.

12. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f 2 and said third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.3< f 2/ f 3<−0.3.

13. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f 3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 3/ f< 3.0,

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

14. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f 3 and said fourth lens has a focal length f 4 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< f 3/ f 4<−0.01.

15. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens is formed in a shape such that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R 3 f and the surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R 3 r so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−2.0< R 3 f/R 3 r< 0.6.

16. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens is disposed away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on the optical axis, and said fourth lens is disposed away from the fifth lens by a distance D 45 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.2< D 34/ D 45<2.0.

17. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said fourth lens has a thickness T 4 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.7< T 3/ T 4<4.5.

18. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said fifth lens has a thickness T 5 on an optical axis thereof and said sixth lens has a thickness T 6 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.6< T 5/ T 6<2.0.

19. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

40<ν d 3<75.

20. The imaging lens according to claim 11 , wherein said fifth lens has an Abbe's number νd5 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

15<ν d 5<35.

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 057046/0266 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-115921 · Jun 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15053168 · Feb 25, 2016
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