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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Azusa Muto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takatoshi Ashizawa, Yokohama, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes an outer barrel disposed further outward than a lens holding frame holding a lens, a guide portion guiding the lens holding frame in an optical axis direction, an actuator moving the lens holding frame in the optical axis direction, a detector that includes a scale portion arranged along the optical axis direction and a sensor portion opposed to the scale portion, and detects a position of the lens holding frame in the optical axis direction, and a controller controlling the actuator based on position information detected by the detector, wherein the lens holding frame holds one of the scale and sensor portions, the outer barrel holds the other, and the one is disposed at a position corresponding to a node of a vibration mode having a lowest natural frequency among vibration modes generated in the lens and the lens holding frame.
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