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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Mitani, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/10 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens barrel and an imaging device utilizing the same includes a fixed cylinder that has a guide groove; a cam cylinder which is rotatably provided to the fixed cylinder and has a cam groove having a tapered section; and a moving lens support member that supports a moving lens and movably supports a cam follower that moves along the guide groove. The cam follower has a tapered contact section, which can be brought into contact with the tapered section of the cam groove, and is impelled radially outward by the cam follower impelling member.