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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Keiki Yoshitsugu, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Keiki Yoshitsugu, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a lens barrel for holding an imaging optical system that forms an optical image of an object, the imaging optical system comprises an object side lens unitonto which light ray from the object is incident and a reflective optical elementhaving a reflecting surfacefor bending the light ray exiting from the object side lens unit, and in an imaging state, the object side lens unitis held in a manner movable in a direction of the light ray from the object, and while in an accommodated state, the reflective optical elementis escaped to an escape position different from a position located in the imaging state.