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Granted Patent B2
US 9,354,431 · App. 14/320,060 · Granted May 31, 2016

Zoom lens

Inventor: Ming-Lin Lee (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G02B15/177G02B13/009G02B13/0045G02B15/161
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,354,431
App. No.
14/320,060
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group, an aperture, and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. The second lens group includes a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens, wherein the fifth lens is formed by adhering a positive lens and a negative lens, and the sixth lens is a meniscus lens. The zoom lens can be switched toward a telephoto mode from a wide mode by moving the second lens group from the image side toward the object side.

Claims (22)

1. A zoom lens, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, comprising:

a negative first lens group including a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens which are sequentially arranged from the object side toward the image side;

an aperture;

a positive second lens group including a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, a negative sixth lens, and a positive seventh lens which are sequentially arranged from the object side toward the image side, wherein the fifth lens is formed by adhering a positive lens and a negative lens, and the positive lens is closer to the object side than the negative lens; the sixth lens is a meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side;

the zoom lens is switched to a telephoto mode from a wide mode by moving the second lens group, which is located between the aperture and the image side, from the image side toward the object side; when the zoom lens is focusing, the first lens group is moved along the optical axis relative to the aperture; and

the third lens is a meniscus lens, and the negative fifth lens has a concave surface facing the image side.

2. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side; the second lens is a biconcave lens; the third lens has a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side.

3. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens is a biconvex lens, and the seventh lens is a biconvex lens.

4. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein at least one surface of the fourth lens is aspheric.

5. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein at least one surface of the seventh lens is aspheric.

6. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the fifth lens which is closest to the object side is convex.

7. The zoom lens of claim 6 , wherein the positive lens of the fifth lens is a meniscus lens, and the negative lens thereof is a meniscus lens.

8. The zoom lens of claim 6 , wherein the positive lens of the fifth lens is a biconvex lens, and the negative lens thereof is a biconcave lens.

9. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fifth lens further satisfies:

( C 11+ C 12)/( C 11− C 12)<1,

where C11 is a curvature of a surface of the negative lens which faces the object side, and C12 is a curvature of a surface of the negative lens which faces the image side.

10. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the fourth lens further satisfies:

Vd 4>70,

where Vd4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens.

11. The zoom lens of claim 1 , wherein the seventh lens further satisfies:

65 >Vd 7>45,

where Vd7 is an Abbe number of the seventh lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2014
From: LEE, MING-LIN
To: CALIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033214/0804 →
Continuity (1)
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