Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazufumi Kobayashi

Shigeru Hashimoto

Masao Aoyagi

Keiichi Yasuda

In the disclosed mechanical mounting for a zoom lens, a body tube and a single actuator barrel are provided with an intermediate sleeve therebetween, and a variator lens cell and a rotary ring are arranged inside the body tube, whereby a driving torque for the variator lens cell is transmitted from the intermediate sleeve to the rotary ring.

Mechanical mounting for a zoom lens

In an interchangeable lens assembly for a camera, the aperture signal transmitting means are formed to include an axially elongate portion for communication of exposure control signals between a diaphragm mechanism in the lens assembly and a control mechanism in the camera body, and an annular portion having grooves or recesses therein for engaging bearing balls. The support structure includes a barrel member which is part of the lens assembly and which also includes a groove or recess cooperative with the groove or recess in the signal transmitting member to support the balls with retainer means being provided for the bearing balls. The retainer means is arranged between the signal transmitting member and the barrel member and is configured with an annular shape with holes equally spaced thereabout in a circular pattern about the optical axis of the lens assembly to retain the balls rotatably within the holes.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazufumi Kobayashi