# US 2016/0259153 A1 · Imaging lens and imaging device

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- Number: US 2016/0259153 A1
- Document ID: US20160259153A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/139,646
- Filed: 2016-04-27
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-29
- Assignees: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
- Inventors: Masaki YAMAZAKI; Takashi SUGIYAMA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160259153A1

## CPC

- G02B 9/34: having four components only
- G02B 5/005: {Diaphragms (for cameras G03B9/02)}
- G02B 5/208: {for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation}
- G02B 13/004: {having four lenses}
- G02B 13/006: {at least one element being a compound optical element, e.g. cemented elements}
- G02B 13/04: Reversed telephoto objectives
- G02B 13/146: {with corrections for use in multiple wavelength bands, such as infrared and visible light, e.g. FLIR systems}
- G02B 13/18: with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)}
- G02B 27/0025: {for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration}
- H04N 23/10: for generating image signals from different wavelengths
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

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.

## Claims

### Claim 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:
Sg1H<Sg2H (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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cemented lens according to claim 1, wherein the negative lens is positioned on an object side of the positive lens.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

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.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

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.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

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.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

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.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An imaging lens comprising the cemented lens according to claim 1.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

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.