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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Manabu Yoshii, Yokohama, JP;
Sayoko Okabe, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Yasuteru Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeo Hayashi, Okaya, JP;
Manabu Yoshii, Yokohama, JP;
Sayoko Okabe, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Yasuteru Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeo Hayashi, Okaya, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a lens barrel including a fixed frame, a rotary frame rotatable with respect to the fixed frame to advance or retract in an optical axis direction, and a rectilinear guide frame rotatable relative to the rotary frame to displace integrally with the rotary frame in the optical axis direction. In this structure, a front end portion of the rectilinear guide frame on a subject side in the optical axis direction is exposed from the rotary frame.