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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shuhei Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2021.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 5/005 (2013.01); G02B 27/02 (2013.01); G02B 27/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention has a fixing member; an aperture unit that moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; a plurality of optical members that move forward and backward in the optical axis direction by a zooming operation; and an aperture FPC that connects a substrate held by the fixing member to the aperture unit. The aperture FPC bends around an axis line extending in the vertical direction in the normal attitude state and is arranged in a position overlapping a drive unit of the aperture unit on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.