Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens

US5056900A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Filing dateOct 10, 1990
Grant dateOct 15, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/144109
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens comprising a first lens unit of positive power, a second lens unit of negative power as the variator, a third lens unit of negative power as the compensator, and a fourth lens unit of positive power stationary during zooming, the fourth lens unit being composed of a bi-convex first lens, a positive second lens, a negative third lens of strong concave curvature at the front, a positive fourth lens, a fifth lens of strong concave curvature at the rear, and a positive sixth lens, and satisfying the following condition: EQU 0.5<D/Fw<1.5 where D is the air separation between the fourth and fifth lenses, and Fw is the shortest focal length of the entire lens system.

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