Lens apparatus and an image pickup apparatus including same

• US 10,641,983 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugita, Shigenobu, Nagao, Yuki, Inoue, Suguru
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, James C.
• Application Number:
  US15/609,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20170351050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 359618
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0025 for optical correction, e.g. distorsion, aberration
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/008 with means for compensating for changes in temperature or for controlling the temperature; thermal stabilisation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/04 with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 9/64 having more than six components

Abstract

A lens apparatus that includes an optical system including a positive lens, the lens apparatus including a holding member arranged to hold the positive lens, an exterior member arranged to accommodate the holding member, and an engaging mechanism arranged to engage the holding member and the exterior member to each other.

Claims

1. A lens apparatus, comprising:

an optical system including a lens G1 disposed closest to an object side of the optical system, a positive lens Gp disposed on an image side of the lens G1, and a negative lens Gn disposed adjacent to the positive lens Gp;

a holding member arranged to hold the positive lens Gp and the negative lens Gn; and

an exterior member arranged to engage with the holding member and to accommodate the holding member,

wherein the positive lens Gp is arranged closest to the object side among every lens made of a material having negative temperature coefficient of refractive index disposed on the image side of the lens G1,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are disposed so as to be separated from each other with an air gap between in a region between a first plane and a second plane, the first plane being a plane that passes through a point on the object side surface of the positive lens Gp, positioned closest to the object side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and a second plane being a plane that passes through a point on the image side surface of the positive lens Gp, positioned closest to the image side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are disposed so as to be separated from each other with an air gap in between in a region between a third plane and a fourth plane, the third plane being a plane that passes through a point on the object side surface of the negative lens Gn, positioned closest to the object side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and the fourth plane being a plane that passes through a point on the image side surface of the negative lens Gn, positioned closest to the image side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are in contact with each other in a first contact region between the lens G1 and the positive lens Gp.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

0.15<

fp/f<

0.60

is satisfied, where fp is a focal length of the positive lens Gp, and f is a focal length of the optical system.

3. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a maximum width of the air gap between the holding member and the exterior member in the region between the first plane and the second plane is smaller than 0.2×

EDp, where EDp is an effective diameter of the lens surface of the positive lens Gp on the object side.

4. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the negative lens Gn is disposed on the image side of the positive lens Gp.

5. The lens apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the temperature coefficient of refractive index of the material of the negative lens Gn is a positive value.

6. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a maximum width of the air gap between the holding member and the exterior member in the region between the first plane and the fourth plane is smaller than 0.2×

EDn, where EDn is an effective diameter of the lens surface of the negative lens Gn on the object side.

7. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

20.0<

ν

dn<

45.0

is satisfied, where ν

dn is an Abbe constant of the material of the negative lens Gn.

8. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

0.07<

−

fn/f<

0.30

is satisfied, where fn is a focal length of the negative lens Gn, and f is the focal length of the optical system.

9. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a further positive lens Gp2 is disposed on the image side of the positive lens Gp, and the temperature coefficient of refractive index of a material of the further positive lens Gp2 is a negative value.

10. The lens apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are disposed so as to be separated from each other with an air gap in between in a region between a fifth plane and a sixth plane, the fifth plane being a plane that passes through a point on the object side surface of the further positive lens Gp2, positioned closest to the object side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and the sixth plane being a plane that passes through a point on the image side surface of the further positive lens Gp2, positioned closest to the image side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system.

11. The lens apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein a maximum width of the air gap between the holding member and the exterior member in the region between the first plane and the sixth plane is smaller than 0.2×

EDp2, where EDp2 is an effective diameter of the lens surface of the further positive lens Gp2 on the object side of the further positive lens Gp2.

12. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

−

1.0×

10<sup>−

6</sup><

τ

1<

1.0×

10<sup>−

6</sup>

is satisfied, where τ

1 is a temperature coefficient of refractive index of the material of the lens G1.

13. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

0.30<

|f1/f|<

1.00

is satisfied, where f1 is a focal length of the lens G1, and f is the focal length of the optical system.

14. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a conditional expression

0.17<

D1p/LD<

0.50

is satisfied, where D1p is a distance along the optical axis between the lens G1 and the positive lens Gp, and LD is a distance along the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object side of the optical system to an image plane.

15. The lens apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are in contact with each other in a second contact region on the image side with respect to the second plane.

16. The lens apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein a distance between the first contact region and the first plane in an optical axis direction is larger than a distance between the second contact region and the second plane in the optical axis direction.

17. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a lens apparatus; and

an image pickup element,

wherein the lens apparatus includes

an optical system including a lens G1 disposed closest to an object side of the optical system, a positive lens Gp disposed on an image side of the lens G1, and a negative lens Gn disposed adjacent to the positive lens Gp,

a holding member arranged to hold the positive lens Gp and the negative lens Gn, and

an exterior member arranged to engage with the holding member and to accommodate the holding member,

wherein the positive lens Gp is arranged closest to the object side among every lens made of a material having negative temperature coefficient of refractive index disposed on the image side of the lens G1,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are disposed so as to be separated from each other with an air gap in between in a region between a first plane and a second plane, the first plane being a plane that passes through a point on the object side surface of the positive lens Gp, positioned closest to the object side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and the second plane being a plane that passes through a point on the image side surface of the positive lens Gp, positioned closest to the image side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system,

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are disposed so as to be separated from each other with an air gap in between in a region between a third plane and a fourth plane, the third plane being a plane that passes through a point on the object side surface of the negative lens Gn, positioned closest to the object side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and the fourth plane being a plane that passes through a point on the image side surface of the negative lens Gn, positioned closest to the image side, and that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system, and

wherein the holding member and the exterior member are in contact with each other in a first contact region between the lens G1 and the positive lens Gp.