IP Library Granted Patent US 11,754,808
Granted Patent B2
US 11,754,808 · App. 16/894,418 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Imaging lens

Inventor: Hitoshi Hirano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64G02B13/18G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,754,808
App. No.
16/894,418
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a compact imaging lens configured to properly correct aberrations. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens L 1 with positive refractive power, a second lens L 2 with negative refractive power, a third lens L 3 with positive refractive power, a fourth lens L 4 with negative refractive power, a fifth lens L 5 , a sixth lens L 6 , a seventh lens L 7 with positive refractive power, and an eighth lens L 8 with negative refractive power. The fourth lens is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The eighth lens L 8 has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point. Furthermore, the following conditional expression is satisfied: 0.04< D 34/ f <0.15 where f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and D34: a distance along the optical axis between the third lens and the fourth lens.

Claims (45)

1. An imaging lens forming an image of an object on an image sensor and comprising, in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens with positive refractive power,

a second lens with negative refractive power,

a third lens with positive refractive power,

a fourth lens with negative refractive power,

a fifth lens,

a sixth lens,

a seventh lens with positive refractive power, and

an eighth lens with negative refractive power,

wherein said fourth lens is formed in a shape that curvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface are both negative,

said eighth lens has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point, and

the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

0.04< D 34/ f< 0.15

35< vd 3,

35< vd 4

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens,

D34: a distance along the optical axis between the third lens and the fourth lens,

vd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens, and

vd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.20< f 3/ f 1<5.50

where

f1: a focal length of the first lens, and

f3: a focal length of the third lens.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−5.50<f4/f3<−0.80

where

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.02< D 45/ D 34<1.00

where

D34: a distance along the optical axis between the third lens and the fourth lens, and

D45: a distance along the optical axis between the fourth lens and the fifth lens.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.80< f 67/ f< 3.50

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f67: a composite focal length of the sixth lens and the seventh lens.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

−1.20< f 8/ f 7<−0.35

where

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057953/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: HIRANO, HITOSHI
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057932/0126 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-160510 · Sep 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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