# US 10,502,930 B2 · Optical imaging lens > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,930 B2 - Document ID: US10502930B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/619,313 - Filed: 2017-06-09 - Published: 2018-11-01 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-28 - Assignees: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang; Feng Li; Huifeng Pan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502930B2 ## CPC - G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses} - G02B 3/04: with continuous faces that are rotationally symmetrical but deviate from a true sphere {, e.g. so called "aspheric" lenses} - G02B 9/60: having five components only - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of convex or concave surfaces of the five lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing better optical characteristics and imaging quality. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical imaging lens comprising sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element, each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: the image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the second lens element has negative refracting power, and the object-side surface of the second lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the third lens element has positive refracting power, the object-side surface of the third lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the third lens element, and the image-side surface of the third lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the fourth lens element has positive refracting power and the object-side surface of the fourth lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fourth lens element; the image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; and the optical imaging lens comprises no other lenses having refracting power beyond the first to the fifth lens elements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a central thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is represented by T1, a central thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis is represented by T2, a central thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by T3, an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by G23, and wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: (T2+G23+T3)/T1≤2.100. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a sum of air gaps from the first to the fifth lens elements along the optical axis is represented by AAG, a central thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by T3, and wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: AAG/T3≤1.800. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a central thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T4, a central thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T5, an air gap between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by G45, and wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: (T4+G45+T5)/T4≤2.300. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens is represented by EFL, a central thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is represented by T1, and wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: EFL/T1≤6.800. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a sum of central thicknesses from the first to the fifth lens elements along the optical axis is represented by ALT, a central thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T5, and wherein the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: ALT/T5≤10.000. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The optical imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by TL, an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by G34, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: TL/G34≤10.000. ### Claim 8 An optical imaging lens, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements, each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side, an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: the image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the object-side surface of the second lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the third lens element has positive refracting power, the object-side surface of the third lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the third lens element, and the image-side surface of the third lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the fourth lens element has positive refracting power, and the object-side surface of the fourth lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fourth lens element; the image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fifth lens element; and the optical imaging lens may comprise no other lenses having refracting power beyond the first to the fifth lens elements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein a central thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis is represented by T2, a central thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by T3, an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by G23, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: (T2+G23+T3)/T3≤1.900. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein a sum of air gaps from the first to the fifth lens elements along the optical axis is represented by AAG, an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by G34, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: AAG/G34≤3.300. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein a central thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is represented by T1, a central thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T4, a central thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T5, an air gap between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by G45, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: (T4+G45+T5)/T1≤2.700. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein an effective focal length of the optical imaging lens is represented by EFL, a central thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T4, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: EFL/T4≤5.900. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein a sum of central thicknesses from the first to the fifth lens elements along the optical axis is represented by ALT, a central thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is represented by T1, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: ALT/T1≤5.200. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The optical imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by TL, a distance from the image-side surface of the fifth lens element to an image plane along the optical axis is represented by BFL, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: TL/BFL≤6.400. ### Claim 15 An optical imaging lens, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements, each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side, an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: the image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the object-side surface of the second lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, the image-side surface of the second lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the third lens element has positive refracting power, the image-side surface of the third lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; the fourth lens element has positive refracting power; the image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; and the optical imaging lens may comprise no other lenses having refracting power beyond the first to the fifth lens elements, a distance between the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image plane along the optical axis is represented by TTL, a distance from the image-side surface of the fifth lens element to an image plane along the optical axis is represented by BFL, a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-side surface of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by TL, an air gap between the first lens element and the second lens element along the optical axis is represented by G12, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: TTL/BFL≤3.900; and TL/G12≤10.000. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The optical imaging lens according to claim 15, wherein a central thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis is represented by T2, a central thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by T3, an air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element along the optical axis is represented by G23, an air gap between the third lens element and the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by G34, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: (T2+G23+T3)/G34≤2.500. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The optical imaging lens according to claim 15, wherein a sum of air gaps from the first to the fifth lens elements along the optical axis is represented by AAG, a central thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is represented by T1, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: AAG/T1≤2.600. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The optical imaging lens according to claim 15, wherein a central thickness of the fourth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T4, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: TTL/T4≤8.300. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The optical imaging lens according to claim 15, wherein a central thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis is represented by T2, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: G12/T2≤1.800. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The optical imaging lens according to claim 15, wherein a central thickness of the fifth lens element along the optical axis is represented by T5, and the optical imaging lens further satisfies an inequality: T5/G12≤2.300.