IP Library Granted Patent US 12,158,562
Granted Patent B2
US 12,158,562 · App. 17/332,476 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Imaging lens

Inventors: Masaki Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Masaya Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
G02B13/0045G02B9/64
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Patent No.
US 12,158,562
App. No.
17/332,476
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (44)

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

a first lens with positive refractive power,

a second lens with positive or negative refractive power,

a third lens with positive or negative refractive power,

a fourth lens,

a fifth lens with negative refractive power,

a sixth lens with positive refractive power, and

a seventh lens with negative refractive power,

wherein said first lens has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, said third lens has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, said fifth lens is formed in a biconcave shape having an object-side surface and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and said seventh lens has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (8) are satisfied:

13.00< vd 3<34.00  (1)

0.55<( vd 2/ vd 4)×( vd 5/ vd 6)<1.30  (2)

1.50< r 12/( T 5+ D 6)<14.00  (3)

0.80< r 12/ f 6<1.90  (8)

wherein

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

vd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens,

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

vd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens,

vd6: an abbe number at d-ray of the sixth lens,

r12: a paraxial curvature radius of an image-side surface of the sixth lens,

T5: a distance along the optical axis from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an object-side surface of the sixth lens,

D6: a thickness along the optical axis of the sixth lens, and

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein an image-side surface of said third lens is concave in a paraxial region.

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

2.50<( D 1/ f 1)×100<16.20  (4)

where

D1: a thickness along the optical axis of the first lens, and

f1: a focal length of the first lens.

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

−1.75< f 1 /f 7<−0.50  (5)

where

f1: a focal length of the first lens, and

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens.

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

−4.65< f 3/ f 2<−0.25  (6)

where

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

f2: a focal length of the second lens.

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

−2.75< r 9/ f<− 0.20  (7)

where

r9: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

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

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058518/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, MASAKI; HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058385/0326 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-092435 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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