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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1992
Keiichiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Norikatsu Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Nakazato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens apparatus which is superior in sound insulating and dust-proof properties and is easy to handle in transportation, storage and so forth. A lens system including a zoom lens set, a focusing lens set and an iris disposed on a single optic axis, a zoom lens driving section composed of a motor, a ball screw, a lens holding member, a nut member and so forth for driving the zoom lens, a focusing lens driving section composed of a guide rod, a lens holding member, a movable coil, an outer yoke, magnets and so forth for driving the focusing lens, and an iris motor for opening and closing the iris are accommodated in the housing having a substantially rectangular outer profile.