# US 11,307,375 B2 · Imaging lens set with plastic lens element, imaging lens module and electronic device

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- Number: US 11,307,375 B2
- Document ID: US11307375B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/735,852
- Filed: 2020-01-07
- Published: 2020-05-07
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-04-10
- Assignees: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307375B2

## CPC

- G02B 7/022: {lens and mount having complementary engagement means, e.g. screw/thread}
- G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens}
- G02B 13/001: {Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras (G02B23/243 takes precedence)}
- G02B 13/003: {having two lenses}
- G02B 13/0035: {having three lenses}
- G02B 13/0055: {employing a special optical element}
- G02B 27/0018: {with means for preventing ghost images (anti-reflection coatings G02B1/11)}
- G02B 1/041: {Lenses}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

An imaging lens set includes a plastic lens element. The plastic lens element having a central axis includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface. Each of the object-side surface and the image-side surface includes an effective optical section and a lens peripheral section in order from the central axis to an edge of the plastic lens element. The effective optical section is for being passed through by an imaging light and aspheric. The lens peripheral section surrounds the effective optical section. At least one of the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface and the lens peripheral section of the image-side surface includes at least one annular groove structure, wherein the annular groove structure includes a plurality of stepped surfaces and is not in contact with the optical elements.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imaging lens set comprising a plurality of optical elements, wherein at least two of the optical elements are lens elements, one of the at least two lens elements is a plastic lens element, the plastic lens element having a central axis comprises an object-side surface and an image-side surface, the image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface, and in order from the central axis to an edge of the plastic lens element, each of the object-side surface and the image-side surface comprises:
an effective optical section for being passed through by an imaging light; and
a lens peripheral section surrounding the effective optical section;
wherein at least one of the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface and the lens peripheral section of the image-side surface comprises at least one annular groove structure, and the annular groove structure comprises a plurality of stepped surfaces and is not in contact with any optical element other than the plastic lens element;
wherein the plastic lens element and another one of the lens elements which is adjacent to the plastic lens element are arranged along the central axis, each of the plastic lens element and the another one of the lens elements comprises an axial connecting structure for being assembled with each other and aligned with the central axis, each of the axial connecting structures comprises a receiving surface and a conical surface, and a normal direction of each of the receiving surfaces is parallel to the central axis;
wherein a number of the stepped surfaces of the annular groove structure is at least three.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein the plastic lens element with the annular groove structure is formed integrally and made by an injection molding method.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein each of the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface and the lens peripheral section of the image-side surface comprises the receiving surface, which is a flat surface, and the normal direction of each of the receiving surfaces is parallel to the central axis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein a greatest depth parallel to the central axis of the annular groove structure is h, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.02 mm<h<0.21 mm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein each of one of the stepped surfaces farthest from the central axis and one of the stepped surfaces closest to the central axis is a groove end, one of the stepped surfaces defines a greatest depth parallel to the central axis of the annular groove structure is a groove bottom, an angle defined by the two groove ends and the groove bottom of the annular groove structure is a, and the following condition is satisfied:
35 degrees<α<150 degrees.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein a number of the annular groove structure is only one, and located on the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein a sub-groove is formed by successive three of the stepped surfaces of the annular groove structure, a sum of a number of sub-grooves of the object-side surface and a number of sub-grooves of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is Ns, and the following condition is satisfied:
1≤Ns<25.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The imaging lens set of claim 7, wherein the sum of the number of the sub-grooves of the object-side surface and the number of the sub-grooves of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is Ns, and the following condition is satisfied:
2≤Ns<16.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The imaging lens set of claim 7, wherein a length in a radial direction of the central axis of successive three of the stepped surfaces of the annular groove structure is w, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.02 mm<w<0.19 mm.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein a sum of a number of the stepped surfaces of the object-side surface and a number of the stepped surfaces of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is greater than or equal to 4, and smaller than or equal to 48.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The imaging lens set of claim 10, wherein the sum of the number of the stepped surfaces of the object-side surface and the number of the stepped surfaces of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is greater than or equal to 6, and smaller than or equal to 38.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein a number of the lens element of the imaging lens set is at least two, and one of the effective optical sections of the plastic lens element and an effective optical section of another one of the lens elements which is adjacent to the plastic lens element are cemented by a cementing glue.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein the receiving surface of the plastic lens element is farther from the effective optical section thereof than the conical surface thereof is from the effective optical section thereof, and the receiving surface of the another one of the lens elements is farther from an effective optical section thereof than the conical surface thereof is from the effective optical section thereof.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

An imaging lens module, comprising:
the imaging lens set of claim 1; and
a plastic barrel, wherein the imaging lens set is disposed along the central axis in the plastic barrel, the plastic barrel comprises a barrel hole, and the barrel hole has a smallest diameter position.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The imaging lens module of claim 14, wherein the smallest diameter position of the barrel hole acts as an aperture stop of the imaging lens module.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

An electronic device, comprising:
the imaging lens module of claim 14; and
an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens module.

### Claim 17

An imaging lens set comprising a plurality of optical elements, wherein at least two of the optical elements are lens elements, one of the at least two lens elements is a plastic lens element, the plastic lens element having a central axis comprises an object-side surface and an image-side surface, the image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface, and in order from the central axis to an edge of the plastic lens element, each of the object-side surface and the image-side surface comprises:
an effective optical section for being passed through by an imaging light; and
a lens peripheral section surrounding the effective optical section;
wherein at least one of the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface and the lens peripheral section of the image-side surface comprises at least one annular groove structure, the annular groove structure comprises a plurality of stepped surfaces, a light absorbing coating portion is disposed on at least part of one of the stepped surfaces, and the annular groove structure is not in contact with any optical element other than the plastic lens element;
wherein the plastic lens element and another one of the lens elements which is adjacent to the plastic lens element are arranged along the central axis, each of the plastic lens element and the another one of the lens elements comprises an axial connecting structure for being assembled with each other and aligned with the central axis, each of the axial connecting structures comprises a receiving surface and a conical surface, and a normal direction of each of the receiving surfaces is parallel to the central axis;
wherein a number of the stepped surfaces of the annular groove structure is at least three.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens set of claim 17, wherein the plastic lens element with the annular groove structure is formed integrally and made by an injection molding method.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The imaging lens set of claim 18, wherein a sub-groove is formed by successive three of the stepped surfaces of the annular groove structure, a sum of a number of sub-grooves of the object-side surface and a number of sub-grooves of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is Ns, and the following condition is satisfied:
1≤Ns<25.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The imaging lens set of claim 18, wherein a sum of a number of the stepped surfaces of the object-side surface and a number of the stepped surfaces of the image-side surface of the plastic lens element is greater than or equal to 4, and smaller than or equal to 48.

### Claim 21 (depends on 18)

The imaging lens set of claim 18, wherein a number of the lens element of the imaging lens set is at least two, and one of the effective optical sections of the plastic lens element and an effective optical section of another one of the lens elements which is adjacent to the plastic lens element are cemented by a cementing glue.

### Claim 22 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens set of claim 17, wherein the receiving surface of the plastic lens element is farther from the effective optical section thereof than the conical surface thereof is from the effective optical section thereof, and the receiving surface of the another one of the lens elements is farther from an effective optical section thereof than the conical surface thereof is from the effective optical section thereof.

### Claim 23 (depends on 17)

The imaging lens set of claim 17, wherein a number of the annular groove structure is only one, and located on the lens peripheral section of the object-side surface.

### Claim 24 (depends on 17)

An imaging lens module, comprising:
the imaging lens set of claim 17; and
a plastic barrel, wherein the imaging lens set is disposed along the central axis in the plastic barrel, the plastic barrel comprises a barrel hole, and the barrel hole has a smallest diameter position.

### Claim 25 (depends on 24)

An electronic device, comprising:
the imaging lens module of claim 24; and
an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens module.