# US 12,001,080 B2 · Camera optical lens

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- Number: US 12,001,080 B2
- Document ID: US12001080B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/131,784
- Filed: 2020-12-23
- Published: 2022-01-13
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-09
- Assignees: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Wen Sun
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001080B2

## CPC

- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B 13/0045: {having five or more lenses}
- G02B 13/18: with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

A camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens satisfies: −4.50≤f4/f≤−2.00, and 0.65≤d5/d6≤19.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens, d5 denotes an on-axis thickness of the third lens, and d6 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens has a good optical performance and meet the design requirements of being ultra-thin and having a wide angle and a large apertures.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camera optical lens, comprising, from an object side to an image side:
a first lens having a negative refractive power;
a second lens having a positive refractive power;
a third lens;
a fourth lens having a negative refractive power;
a fifth lens having a positive refractive power;
a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and
a seventh lens having a negative refractive power,
wherein at least one of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, or the seventh lens comprises a free-form surface, and
wherein the camera optical lens satisfies:
−4.50≤f4/f≤−2.00;
−3.66≤f1/f≤−1.12;
−0.36≤(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≤0.80;
−3.87≤(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)≤0.01;
2.50≤R11/R12≤10.00;
0.03≤d1/TTL≤0.20; and
0.65≤d5/d6≤19.50,
where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, f4 denotes a focal length of the fourth lens, R1 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, R2 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens, R3 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens, R4 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the second lens, R11 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, R12 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the sixth lens, d1 denotes an on-axis thickness of the first lens, d5 denotes an on-axis thickness of the third lens, d6 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and TTL denotes a total optical length from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane of the camera optical lens along an optic axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies: −5.20≤f7/f≤−1.00, where f7 denotes a focal length of the seventh lens.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
0.56≤f2/f≤5.62; and
0.02≤d3/TTL≤0.16,
where f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens, d3 denotes an on-axis thickness of the second lens.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
−15.86≤f3/f≤3.45;
−1.81≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤1.90; and
0.02≤d5/TTL≤0.21,
where f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens, R5 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens, R6 denotes a central curvature radius of the image-side surface of the third lens.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
−0.16≤(R7+R8)/(R7−R8)≤1.83; and
0.02≤d7/TTL≤0.06,
where R7 denotes a central curvature radius of the object-side surface of the fourth lens, R8 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens, d7 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
1.20≤f5/f≤13.33;
−2.17≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤0.30; and
0.04≤d9/TTL≤0.15,
where f5 denotes a focal length of the fifth lens, R9 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens, R10 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens, d9 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fifth lens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
0.53≤f6/f≤2.95;
0.61≤(R11+R12)/(R11−R12)≤2.60; and
0.04≤d11/TTL≤0.17,
where f6 denotes a focal length of the sixth lens, R11 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the sixth lens, R12 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the sixth lens, d11 denotes an on-axis thickness of the sixth lens.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The camera optical lens as described in claim 1, wherein the camera optical lens further satisfies:
1.61≤(R13+R14)/(R13−R14)≤8.60; and
0.03≤d13/TTL≤0.10,
where R13 denotes a central curvature radius of an object-side surface of the seventh lens, R14 denotes a central curvature radius of an image-side surface of the seventh lens, d13 denotes an on-axis thickness of the seventh lens.