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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Kanno, Chiba, JP;
Kunihiro Fukino, Fujisawa, JP;
Hideshi Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Kodaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359697 ; 359698 ; 359699 ; 359823 ; 35419512 ; 354402 ;
Abstract
A lens barrel which can be easily switched between a manual focusing mode and an auto-focusing mode employs a motor as a drive power source for driving a switching apparatus for switching between an auto-focusing apparatus and a manual focusing apparatus. When a photographer supplies an external electrical signal, a switching operation from the auto-focusing apparatus to the manual focusing apparatus and vice versa can be performed in accordance with the forward/reverse rotational direction of the motor.