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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Fumio Shinano, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Morita, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a tip member, a lens hood, and a sliding member. The tip member is disposed on a subject side in an optical axis direction, and includes an optical system. The lens hood moves between a storage position and a use position in the optical axis direction. The sliding member is provided on an inner circumferential surface side of the lens hood. When the lens hood moves from the storage position to the use position, the sliding member moves to the subject side in the optical axis direction in a state where the sliding member is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the tip member. In a state where the lens hood is located at the storage position, an interval of at least a portion of a clearance formed between the inner circumferential surface of the lens hood and the outer circumferential surface of the tip member is narrowed toward the subject side in the optical axis direction.