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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masae Miyakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/10 ;
Abstract
Lens barrel or an optical apparatus with a lens barrel comprising: a lens unit having an optical axis and forming an optical image, the lens unit having a fixed lens component and a movable lens component; and a lens housing for containing the lens unit, the lens housing having a first housing and a second housing divided in a direction along the optical axis; wherein: the first housing has a lens-holding portion for holding the fixed lens component; and the second housing has a pickup-device holding portion for holding an image pickup device for taking the optical image obtained by the lens unit.