IP Library Granted Patent US 10,678,022
Granted Patent B2
US 10,678,022 · App. 16/427,430 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Tochigi, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Tochigi, JP); Yoshio Ise (Tochigi, JP); Sayuri Noda (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045
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Patent No.
US 10,678,022
App. No.
16/427,430
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a stop; a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis thereof. The second 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 specific curvature radii.

Claims (57)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a stop;

a first lens;

a second lens;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens;

a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and

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

wherein said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis thereof, and

said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R2f and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R2r, and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.4< R 2 r/R 2 f< 0.8,

0.5< f 3/ f< 2.0,

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f1 and said second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.5 <f 1 /f 2<−0.4.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fifth lens has a focal length f5 and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−2.0 <f 5 /f 6<−0.5.

4. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens;

a second lens;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens having negative refractive power;

a fifth lens; 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 object side is convex near an optical axis thereof,

said fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near the optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis thereof, and

said third lens has a focal length f3, said fourth lens has a focal length f4, said fifth lens has a focal length f5, and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.5< f 3/ f< 2.0,

−5.0< f 4/ f<− 1.0,

−2.0< f 5/ f 6<−0.5,

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

5. The imaging lens according to claim 4 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f1 and said second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.5 <f 1 /f 2<−0.4.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 4 , wherein said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R2f and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R2r so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.4 <R 2 r/R 2 f< 0.8.

7. An imaging lens comprising:

a stop;

a first lens;

a second lens;

a third lens having positive refractive power;

a fourth lens;

a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and

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

wherein said fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex near an optical axis thereof,

said sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave near an optical axis thereof, and

said second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a curvature radius R2f and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a curvature radius R2r, and said fourth lens has a focal length f4 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.4< R 2 r/R 2 f< 0.8,

−5.0< f 4/ f<− 1.0,

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

8. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said first lens has a focal length f1 and said second lens has a focal length f2 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.5 <f 1 /f 2<−0.4.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5 <f 3 /f< 2.0.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein said fifth lens has a focal length f5 and said sixth lens has a focal length f6 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−2.0 <f 5 /f 6<−0.5.

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; ISE, YOSHIO; NODA, SAYURI
To: OPTICAL LOGIC INC.; KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0162 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-139323 · Jun 21, 2012 · national
JP 2012-245956 · Nov 8, 2012 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15933710 · Mar 23, 2018
Continuation 14838521 · Aug 28, 2015
Continuation 13905570 · May 30, 2013
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