IP Library Granted Patent US 11,086,102
Granted Patent B2
US 11,086,102 · App. 16/445,797 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Imaging lens

Inventors: Yoji Kubota (Nagano, JP); Kenichi Kubota (Tochigi, JP); Hitoshi Hirano (Tochigi, JP); Tomohiro Yonezawa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
G02B9/64G02B5/005G02B9/12G02B13/0045G02B13/18G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,086,102
App. No.
16/445,797
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.

Claims (33)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

a first lens;

a second lens;

a third lens;

a fourth lens;

a fifth lens;

a sixth lens; and

a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses,

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

said seventh lens has an Abbe's number νd7, and said sixth lens and said seventh lens have a composite focal length f67 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

40<ν d 7<75,

−1.5< f 67/ f<− 0.5,

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, said second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, and said third lens has an Abbe's number νd3 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

40<ν d 1<75,

40<ν d 2<75,

20<ν d 3<35.

3. 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:

2.5< f 1/ f 2<30.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f12 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< f 12/ f< 1.1.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said second lens has a focal length f2 and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< f 2/ f 3<−0.2.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said first lens and said second lens have a composite focal length f12 and said third lens has a focal length f3 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.0< f 12/ f 3<−0.1.

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said fourth lens and said fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−3< f 45/ f 67<−0.8.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein said sixth lens has a focal length f6 and said seventh lens has a focal length f7 so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.02< f 7/ f 6<0.3.

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , said third lens is arranged to be away from the fourth lens by a distance D 34 on an optical axis thereof so that the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.03< D 34/ f< 0.2.

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 057046/0347 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-083530 · Apr 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15925903 · Mar 20, 2018
Continuation 15260399 · Sep 9, 2016
Continuation PCTJP2015060481 · Apr 2, 2015
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