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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadanori Okada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359694 ; 359701 ; 359827 ;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a fixed tube, a moving tube arranged to move in the direction of an optical axis over the outer circumference of the fixed tube and to have a cutout part, and a band-like circuit board disposed around the optical axis on the outside of the fixed tube and having a part located inside the moving tube within an area corresponding to the cutout part and a part located outside the moving tube within an area other than the area corresponding to the cutout part.