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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Kenji Miyauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes of a first housing half and a second housing half. The first housing half is arranged to house a first member, and the second housing half is arranged to house a second member. A housing is formed by joining the first housing half and the second housing half to each other at a first boundary plane which includes an optical axis or a second boundary plane which is adjacent to the first boundary plane. A lens barrel includes a housing divided into a first housing half and a second housing half by a first boundary plane which includes an optical axis or by a second boundary plane which is adjacent to the first plane, an optical element housed in the first housing half, and a driving part housed in the second housing half. The first housing half and the second housing half are put together at the first boundary plane or the second boundary plane after the optical element and the driving part are housed.