Optical imaging lens

US12405450B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-12405450-B2
Application numberUS-202217835973-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 9, 2022
Priority dateDec 28, 2021
Publication dateSep 2, 2025
Grant dateSep 2, 2025

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An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to an eighth lens element and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The second lens element has negative refracting power, the third lens element has negative refracting power and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave, the seventh lens element has negative refracting power, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the eighth lens element is convex and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the eighth lens element is convex. Lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only eight lens elements described above to satisfy Tavg567/Tstd567≤3.600.

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An optical imaging lens, from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element, the first lens element to the eighth lens element each having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through; the second lens element has negative refracting power; the third lens element has negative refracting power and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave; the seventh lens element has negative refracting power; and an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the eighth lens element is convex and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the eighth lens element is convex; wherein lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the eight lens elements described above, Tavg567 is an average of three thicknesses from the fifth lens element to the seventh lens element along the optical axis, Tstd567 is a population standard deviation of the three thicknesses from the fifth lens element to the seventh lens element along the optical axis, Fno is a f-number of the optical imaging lens, D11t32 is defined as a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the third lens element along the optical axis, G78 is an air gap between the seventh lens element and the eighth lens element along the optical axis, T8 is a thickness of the eighth lens element along the optical axis to satisfy the relationship: Tavg567/Tstd567≥3.600 and Fno*D11 t32/(G78+T8)≤4.000. 2. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein υ3 is an Abbe number of the third lens element, υ4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens element, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: 55.000≤υ3+υ4. 3. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein υ7 is an Abbe number of the seventh lens element, υ8 is an Abbe number of the eighth lens element, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: υ7+υ8≤100.000. 4. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein T1 is a thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis, D12t31 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the first lens element to the object-side surface of the third lens element along the optical axis, G34 is an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis, T4 is a thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (T1+D12t31)/(G34+T4)≤5.300. 5. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein D52t71 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the fifth lens element to the object-side surface of the seventh lens element along the optical axis, T7 is a thickness of the seventh lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: D52t71/T7≤2.700. 6. The optical imaging lens of claim 1 , wherein EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens, ImgH is an image height of the optical imaging lens, Tmax is a maximal lens element thickness from the first lens element to the eighth lens element along the optical axis, Tmin is a minimal lens element thickness from the first lens element to the eighth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: 5.800≤(EPD+ImgH)/(Tmax+Tmin). 7. An optical imaging lens, from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element, the first lens element to the eighth lens element each having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through; the second lens element has negative refracting power; a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave; an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave; an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex; the seventh lens element has negative refracting power; and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the eighth lens element is convex; wherein lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the eight lens elements described above, Tavg567 is an average of three thicknesses from the fifth lens element to the seventh lens element along the optical axis, Tstd567 is a population standard deviation of the three thicknesses from the fifth lens element to the seventh lens element along the optical axis, D52t71 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the fifth lens element to the object-side surface of the seventh lens element along the optical axis, BFL is a distance from the image-side surface of the eighth lens element to an image plane along the optical axis, T7 is a thickness of the seventh lens element along the optical axis, G78 is an air gap between the seventh lens element and the eighth lens element along the optical axis to satisfy the relationship: Tavg567/Tstd567≥ 4 . 600 and (D52t71+BFL)/(T7+G786)≤3.610. 8. The optical imaging lens of claim 7 , wherein υ4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens element, υ5 is an Abbe number of the fifth lens element, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: 55.000≤υ4+υ5. 9. The optical imaging lens of claim 7 , wherein EFL is an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens, AAG is a sum of seven air gaps from the first lens element to the eighth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: 7.000≤(EFL+AAG)/BFL. 10. The optical imaging lens of claim 8 , wherein D12t31 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the first lens element to the object-side surface of the third lens element along the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis, G45 is an air gap between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element along the optical axis, T5 is a thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (D12t31+T3)/(G45+T5)≤3.300. 11. The optical imaging lens of claim 7 , wherein D11t32 is defined as a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the third lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: (D11t32+D52t71)/(T7+G78)≤7.000. 12. The optical imaging lens of claim 8 , wherein Fno is a f-number of the optical imaging lens, D52t82 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the fifth lens element to the image-side surface of the eighth lens element along the optical axis, D32t52 is defined as a distance from the image-side surface of the third lens element to the image-side surface of the fifth lens element along the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship: Fno*D52t82/D32t52≤5 0.000. 13. The optical imaging lens of claim 7 , wherein TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane

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  • having more than six components · CPC title

  • Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title

  • Lenses · CPC title

  • with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)} · CPC title

  • having five or more lenses · CPC title

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What does patent US12405450B2 cover?
An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to an eighth lens element and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The second lens element has negative refracting power, the third lens element has negative refracting power and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave, the seventh lens element has negative refract…
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Genius Electronic Optical Xiamen Co Ltd
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Primary CPC classification G02B13/0045. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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