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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Kogaku K. K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350429 ; 354274 ;
Abstract
The aperture of a zoom lens is varied automatically during zooming by an aperture drive device that includes a pair of drive members rotatable about the optical axis. Each drive member has an arm member that engages a coupling member on a rocking member pivoted about an axis perpendicular to the optical axis. During an aperture closing operation the coupling member and the arm members move relatively along the optical axis. Initially, both drive members rotate together, such that the aperture does not change, but then the drive members rotate relatively to vary the aperture.