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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Nozaki, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a housing, an image sensor held by the housing, a lens frame that holds a plurality of lenses, and a connecting portion that connects the housing and the lens frame, and having an annular shape. The connecting portion includes a first portion provided to an inner surface of the connecting portion, and a second portion provided to an outer surface of the connecting portion. The first portion of the connecting portion engaged with an outer surface of the lens frame. The second portion of the connecting portion engaged with a first inner surface of the housing. The lens frame includes a first sliding portion engaged with the first inner surface of the housing and slidable in an optical axis direction of the plurality of lenses.