ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,255, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to YOKOHAMA LEADING DESIGN LP COMPANY (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Wide-angle lens" was invented by Yutaka Suenaga (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wide-angle lens consists of a first lens group, a second lens group including an optical element, a third lens group comprising up to two lenses having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens group comprising one lens having a negative refractive power in order of an optical path from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes a meniscus lens having a negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side, the op...