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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel having excellent assemblability in the assembly of components thereof and having good optical performance. The lens barrel comprises an optical lens including a lens unit which has a flange on an outer peripheral thereof, a retaining member retaining the optical lens on one side of the lens unit in an optical axis direction, and a pressing member, which is positioned and fixed at a position in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and biases and presses the optical lens toward one side in the optical axis direction, wherein a positioning unit positions the optical lens relative to the pressing member, using at least one projection in the flange/pressing member, protrudes in the optical axis direction, and at least one recess in the pressing member/flange, into which the projection is inserted, wherein the projection/recess has a tilted surface contacting the recess/projection.