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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Uno, Osaka, JP;
Fumio Shinano, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a frame body, a support frame, and a refracting lens frame. The support frame is configured to be supported by the frame body and move within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis with respect to the frame body. The refracting lens frame includes a lens support portion and is configured to retract around a retraction shaft. The frame body includes an opening portion. The opening portion is configured to open outward with respect to the optical axis. The opening portion is configured to house part of the lens support portion during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state. The support frame includes a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion is provided in front of part of the opening portion in an optical axis direction in order to block light rays.