IP Library Granted Patent US 12,124,005
Granted Patent B2
US 12,124,005 · App. 17/099,323 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Imaging lens

Inventors: Shingo Yuza (Sukagawa, JP); Kenichi Kamada (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B9/60G02B27/0025
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Patent No.
US 12,124,005
App. No.
17/099,323
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a third lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and a fifth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (72)

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

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

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

a third lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fourth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and

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

wherein said third lens has an object-side surface being convex in the paraxial region, and following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (6) are satisfied:

45.00<ν d 4<68.00  (1)

0.30< r 2/ r 8<2.00  (2)

3.00<( T 2/ f )×100<14.00  (3)

4.50< r 5/ D 3<31.00  (6)

where

νd4: an Abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens,

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

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

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

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

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

D3: a thickness along the optical axis of the third lens.

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

10.50 <f 5 /D 5<41.00  (4)

where

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens, and

D5: a thickness along the optical axis of the fifth lens.

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

0.20 <r 3 /f <0.90  (5)

where

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

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

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (7) is satisfied:

0.20 <r 6 /f <2.10  (7)

where

r6: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third 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 (8) is satisfied:

−2.50 <r 7 /T 3<−0.80  (8)

where

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

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

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (9) is satisfied:

−9.00 <r 10 /r 4<−1.50  (9)

where

r10: a paraxial curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fifth lens, and

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

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (10) is satisfied:

0.65 <r 8 /f 5≤2.64  (10)

where

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

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression (11) is satisfied:

−4.50 <r 10 /r 5<−0.50  (11)

where

r10: a paraxial curvature radius of the image-side surface of the fifth lens, and

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

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

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

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

a third lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region,

a fourth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and

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

wherein said third lens has an object-side surface being convex in the paraxial region, and following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (7) are satisfied:

45.00 <νd 4<68.00  (1)

0.30 <r 2 /r 8<2.00  (2)

3.00<( T 2 /f )×100<14.00  (3)

0.20 <r 6 /f <2.10  (7)

where

νd4: an Abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens,

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

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

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

f: a focal length of the imaging lens, and

r6: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third 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 2, 2021
From: YUZA, SHINGO; KAMADA, KENICHI
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057046/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-021588 · Feb 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16784657 · Feb 7, 2020
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