IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,886,040
Granted Patent B2
US 11,886,040 · App. 17/102,504 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

Inventor: Taro Asami (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B9/64G02B13/18
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Patent No.
US 11,886,040
App. No.
17/102,504
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The imaging lens includes only eight lenses consisting of, in order from an object side, a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens convex toward an image side, a positive fourth lens convex toward an object side, a negative fifth lens, a positive sixth lens convex toward the image side, a positive seventh lens convex toward the object side, and a negative eighth lens, as lenses having refractive powers, in which predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Claims (78)

1. An imaging lens comprising:

only eight lenses consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens that has a negative refractive power,

a second lens that has a negative refractive power,

a third lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex,

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power,

a sixth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a seventh lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex, and

an eighth lens that has a negative refractive power, as lenses having refractive powers,

wherein in the sixth lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the image side surface is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object side surface, and

wherein assuming that an Abbe number of the fifth lens at a d line is νd5, Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied, which is represented by

ν d 5<23  (1).

2. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the third lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the image side surface is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object side surface.

3. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the fourth lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image side surface is larger than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the object side surface.

4. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the seventh lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an image side surface is larger than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the object side surface.

5. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a focal length of the first lens is f1 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (4) is satisfied, which is represented by

−8< f 1/ f<− 0.5  (4).

6. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a composite focal length of the first lens and the second lens is f12 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (5) is satisfied, which is represented by

−8< f 12/ f<− 0.5  (5).

7. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a composite focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens is f45 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (6) is satisfied, which is represented by

f 45/ f<− 0.5  (6).

8. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a composite focal length of the second lens and the third lens is f23 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (7) is satisfied, which is represented by

2< f 23/ f< 30  (7).

9. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a focal length of the sixth lens is f6 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (8) is satisfied, which is represented by

0.5< f 6/ f   (8).

10. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a focal length of the seventh lens is f7 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (9) is satisfied, which is represented by

0.5< f 7/ f   (9).

11. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a sum of a distance on an optical axis from an object side surface of the first lens to an image side surface of the eighth lens and a back focal length as an air conversion distance is TL and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (10) is satisfied, which is represented by

3< TL/f< 20  (10).

12. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that a back focal length as an air conversion distance is Bf and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (11) is satisfied, which is represented by

0.5< Bf/f< 5  (11).

13. The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,

wherein assuming that an effective diameter of an image side surface of the eighth lens is ED8r and a back focal length as an air conversion distance is Bf, Conditional Expression (12) is satisfied, which is represented by

0.6<ED8 r /Bf<2.2  (12).

14. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens according to claim 1 .

15. An imaging lens comprising:

only eight lenses consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens that has a negative refractive power,

a second lens that has a negative refractive power,

a third lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex,

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power,

a sixth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a seventh lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex, and

an eighth lens that has a negative refractive power, as lenses having refractive powers,

wherein in the sixth lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the image side surface is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object side surface, and

wherein assuming that a distance on an optical axis between the second lens and the third lens is Db23 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (2) is satisfied, which is represented by

0.8< Db 23/ f< 7  (2).

16. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens according to claim 15 .

17. An imaging lens comprising:

only eight lenses consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side,

a first lens that has a negative refractive power,

a second lens that has a negative refractive power,

a third lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex,

a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power,

a sixth lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an image side surface is convex,

a seventh lens that has a positive refractive power and of which an object side surface is convex, and

an eighth lens that has a negative refractive power, as lenses having refractive powers,

wherein in the sixth lens, an absolute value of a radius of curvature of the image side surface is smaller than an absolute value of a radius of curvature of an object side surface, and

wherein assuming that a composite focal length of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens is f456 and a focal length of the imaging lens is f, Conditional Expression (3a) is satisfied, which is represented by

4.5< f 456/ f< 28  (3a).

18. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the imaging lens according to claim 17 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: ASAMI, TARO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054453/0365 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-107859 · Jun 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019019953 · May 20, 2019
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