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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Iwamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical apparatus includes a lens barrel, holding members sandwiching and holding the lens barrel with elastic members therebetween, and the elastic members disposed between the lens barrel and the holding members. The holding members include a first holding member, and a second holding member which is disposed on a side opposite to the first holding member in an optical axis direction with the lens barrel sandwiched therebetween. The elastic members include first elastic members and second elastic members. A plurality of first accommodation portions accommodating the first elastic members are formed in one of the lens barrel and the first holding member. A plurality of second accommodation portions accommodating the second elastic members are formed in one of the lens barrel and the second holding member. The first elastic members and the second elastic members have spherical shapes. The first accommodation portions and the second accommodation portions have recessed shapes capable of accommodating the elastic members.