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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Shinichi Suzuki, Izumiootsu, JP;
Tetsuro Kanbara, Sakai, JP;
Minoru Kuwana, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Hagimori, Nara-Ken, JP;
Junji Hashimura, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for driving a collapsible lens mount having several telescoping segments includes, for each movable segment, a transducer that expands and contracts responsive to a wave pulse and a drive shaft coupled to the transducer. By varying the wave pulse conditions, the expansion and contraction are made to occur at different rates. A coupling member on each segment frictionally engages the drive shaft and transmits movement of the drive shaft during relatively slow drive shaft movements to the lens segment. The apparatus may also include a lens hood driven by the transducer and drive shaft apparatus of the invention.