CANON EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

US 7,158,320 B2 — Akihiro Nishio

13 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS
100-300mm MARKETED
PATENT EX. 3: 103.35-291.85mm
PATENT FNO: 4.65-5.81 (FIG. 6C: 5.80 TELE)
REAR FOCUS PRODUCTION LENS; NO CLOSE-FOCUS RECONSTRUCTION

Focus Mechanism

Production lens: fourth-group rear focus. Patent Example 3: no finite-object spacing table; focus status NO_INTERNAL_RECONSTRUCTION, so only published infinity zoom states are modeled.

Optical Elements (13 physical; 14 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
E1Negative Meniscus805254 dense-flint class (catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
ITONegative Meniscus Adhesive LayerUnmatched (patent-defined 15% ITO/polyvinylcarbazole adhesive composite)
E2Biconvex Positive517642 crown class (catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
E3Positive Meniscus487702 low-index crown class (catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
E4Biconcave Negative835427 lanthanum high-index class (vendor unspecified)
E5Positive Meniscus847238/239 high-index flint class (vendor unspecified)
E6Biconcave Negative847238/239 high-index flint class (vendor unspecified)
E7Biconvex Positive603607 dense-crown/SK14 class (vendor unspecified)
E8Biconvex Positive487702 low-index crown class (catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
E9Negative Meniscus834372/373 lanthanum high-index class (vendor unspecified)
E10Biconvex PositiveBAF5-class coefficient proxy (patent 607492; production supplier unspecified)
E11Biconcave Negative835427 lanthanum high-index class (vendor unspecified)
E12Negative Meniscus835427 lanthanum high-index class (vendor unspecified)
E13Positive Meniscus785257 dense-flint class (vendor unspecified)