Patents by Inventor Yoji Kubota

Yoji Kubota has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11829006
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11822151
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has two aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11740433
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The first lens has one aspheric surface. The third lens has one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens and the third lens have a specific focal length. The second lens and the fifth lens have a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11668903
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11668904
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11644640
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The first lens has a specific Abbe's number ?1. The first lens is disposed away from the second lens by a specific distance. The fifth lens is disposed away from the sixth lens by a specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11561373
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11474327
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image side has an aspheric shape. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof, and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number ?6. The first lens and the fifth lens are disposed away from the second lens and the sixth lens, respectively, by specific distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442247
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442249
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442250
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has a specific focal length. The second lens is disposed away from the third lens by a specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11442248
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11428900
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof directing to the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has a specific focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11300762
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof. The third lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface thereof directing to the object side is convex near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11175477
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof. The third lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface thereof directing to the object side is convex near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11150443
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a stop; a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof directing to the image plane side is concave near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11099356
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11092777
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; a sixth lens having negative refractive power; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11086102
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11022780
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with a space between each of the lenses. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The seventh lens has a specific Abbe's number. The sixth lens has a specific focal length. The seventh lens has a specific focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa