IP Library Granted Patent US 12,392,996
Granted Patent B2
US 12,392,996 · App. 16/983,494 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Imaging lens

Inventors: Shingo Yuza (Sukagawa, JP); Hisao Fukaya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
G02B13/004G02B9/34G02B13/06G02B27/0025H04N23/45H04N23/55
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Patent No.
US 12,392,996
App. No.
16/983,494
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics while satisfying demand of wide field of view. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive or negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, a third lens with positive refractive power having a biconvex shape with convex surfaces on the object side and the image side in a paraxial region, and a fourth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (49)

1. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a second lens with positive or negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region,

a third lens with positive refractive power having a biconvex shape with convex surfaces on the object side and the image side in a paraxial region, and

a fourth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region,

wherein the following conditional expressions (1), (2′), (3), (9′), (13″), and (15′) are satisfied:

1.60<| r 4|/ T 2  (1)

2.87< r 5/ f< 3.36  (2′)

−1.40< f 1/ f 4<−0.01  (3)

17.64<( T 3/ f )<20.27  (9′)

16.30<= r 5/ T 3<=18.97  (13″)

r 8/ D 4<=−3.25  (15′)

where

r4: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens,

T2: a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens,

r5: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens,

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

f1: a focal length of the first lens,

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens,

T3: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens,

r8: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens, and

D4: a thickness along the optical axis of the fourth lens.

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

2.85< D 3/ T 3<12.00  (4)

where

D3: a thickness along the optical axis of the third lens, and

T3: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

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

−3.50< r 3/| r 4|<−0.10  (5)

where

r3: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, and

r4: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens.

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

0.70<| r 7|/ f< 5.50  (6)

where

r7: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and

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

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

0.30<| r 7|/( T 3+ bf )<2.20  (7)

where

r7: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens,

T3: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and

bf: a back focus.

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (8) is satisfied:

−1.00< r 2/ r 8<−0.10  (8)

where

r2: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens, and

r8: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens.

Assignments (3)
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 1, 2021
From: YUZA, SHINGO; FUKAYA, HISAO
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0549 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-141898 · Aug 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210191079A1 · Jun 24, 2021
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