Imaging lens and imaging device

US9632292B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9632292-B2
Application numberUS-201615139646-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 27, 2016
Priority dateMar 29, 2012
Publication dateApr 25, 2017
Grant dateApr 25, 2017

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An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens is 20 μm or greater on the optical axis, and when Sg1H is the amount of sag in the image side lens surface of the object side lens and Sg2H is the amount of sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens. The bonding operation is easy without damage occurring to the cemented surfaces, with a design that takes into account thickness of the resin adhesive layer; therefore various forms of aberration can be corrected.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A cemented lens comprising: a negative lens having negative power; and a positive lens having positive power, the negative lens and the positive lens being bonded together with an adhesive layer, wherein both surfaces of the negative lens are aspheric in shape, both surfaces of the positive lens are aspheric in shape, one of a cemented surface of the negative lens on a side of the positive lens and a cemented surface of the positive lens on a side of the negative lens is a concave surface and another is a convex surface, the concave surface and the convex surface have different aspheric shapes, and following conditional expression (a) is satisfied: Sg 1 H<Sg 2 H   (a), where Sg1H represents sag in the concave surface at height H in an effective diameter of the concave surface in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, and Sg2H represents sag in the convex surface at the height H. 2. The cemented lens according to claim 1 , wherein the negative lens is positioned on an object side of the positive lens. 3. The cemented lens according to claim 1 , wherein following conditional expression (b) is satisfied: 20 μm≦ D   (b), where D represents a thickness of the adhesive layer along the optical axis. 4. The cemented lens according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded surface of the negative lens is a concave surface and the bonded surface of the positive lens is a convex surface. 5. The cemented lens according to claim 1 , wherein the negative lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, and the positive lens has a convex surface and a convex surface. 6. The cemented lens according to claim 1 , wherein the negative lens has an Abbe number of 31 or less, and the positive lens has an Abbe number of 40 or greater. 7. An imaging lens comprising the cemented lens according to claim 1 . 8. An imaging device comprising an image pick-up device having a sensor surface disposed on an image-forming surface (focal point position) of the imaging lens according to claim 7 .

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  • for generating image signals from different wavelengths · CPC title

  • G02B13/04Primary

    Reversed telephoto objectives · CPC title

  • G02B13/18Primary

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

  • G02B9/34Primary

    having four components only · CPC title

  • for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation · CPC title

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What does patent US9632292B2 cover?
An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens i…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hitachi Maxell
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02B13/04. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 25 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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