IP Library Granted Patent US 11,982,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,982,874 · App. 17/391,748 · Granted May 14, 2024

Imaging lens including six lenses of +−−−−+, +−−+−+ or +−−−+− refractive powers

Inventors: Kenichi Kamada (Sukagawa, JP); Masaya Hashimoto (Sukagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.
G02B9/62G02B13/0045G02B3/04
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Patent No.
US 11,982,874
App. No.
17/391,748
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (38)

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

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

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

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

wherein an object-side surface of said fifth lens is concave in the paraxial region, the imaging lens has only six lenses with refractive power, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2) (3) and (10a) are satisfied:

39.00< vd 3<73.00  (1)

11.00< vd 6<26.00  (2)

−8.00<| r 11| l/r 12  (3)

−10.50< f 3/ f<− 1.35  (10a)

where

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

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

r11: a paraxial curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens,

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

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

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

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 , wherein an object-side surface of said second lens is convex in the paraxial region.

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

0.50< r 8/ f< 10.00  (4)

where

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

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

0.70< T 45/ T 56<19.00  (5)

where

T45: a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and

T56: a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to an object-side surface of the sixth lens.

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

11.00< vd 4<26.00  (6)

where

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

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

0.90<| f 4|/ f where  (7)

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

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

0.90<| f 6|/ f where  (8)

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: KAMADA, KENICHI; HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067045/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058518/0141 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-073279 · Apr 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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