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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Nozaki, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a sensor unit, a lens unit that includes a lens and a lens frame configured to hold the lens, a housing configured to hold the sensor unit and the lens unit, a cover portion configured to cover part of the lens, a first elastic body disposed between a groove portion provided in an outer diameter portion of the lens unit and an inner diameter portion of the housing, and a second elastic body disposed between the cover portion and the lens. In an optical axis direction, a first biasing force applied to the lens unit by the first elastic body acts in the same direction as a second biasing force applied to the lens unit by the second elastic body.