IP Library Granted Patent US 11,982,873
Granted Patent B2
US 11,982,873 · App. 16/843,597 · 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.
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Patent No.
US 11,982,873
App. No.
16/843,597
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 (76)

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 (5) are satisfied:

39.00 <νd 3<73.00  (1)

11.00 <νd 6<26.00  (2)

−8.00 <|r 11 |/r 12  (3)

0.70 <T 45/ T 56<19.00  (5)

where

νd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

νd6: 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,

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.

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, 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 (6) is satisfied:

11.00 <νd 4<26.00  (6)

where

νd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens.

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

0.90 <|f 4|/ f   (7)

where

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens, and

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

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

0.90 <|f 6|/ f   (8)

where

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens, and

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

7. 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 sixth lens is convex or concave in the paraxial region,

the imaging lens has only six lenses with refractive power, and

the following conditional expressions (1), (4), and (5) are satisfied:

39.00 <νd 3<73.00  (1)

0.50 <r 8 /f< 10.00  (4)

0.70 <T 45 /T 56<19.00  (5)

where

νd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens,

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

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

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.

8. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein the following conditional expression (3) is satisfied:

−8.00<| r 11 |/r 12  (3)

where

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

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

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

11.00 <νd 4<26.00  (6)

where

νd4: an abbe number at d-ray of the fourth lens.

10. The imaging lens according to claim 7 , wherein the following conditional expression (9) is satisfied:

−7.00 <f 3/| f 4|<−0.05  (9)

where

f3: a focal length of the third lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
To: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057953/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: KAMADA, KENICHI; HASHIMOTO, MASAYA
To: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057912/0858 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-073279 · Apr 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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