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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Hiroshi Kawai, Gifu, JP;
Hideharu Miyagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kawai, Gifu, JP;
Hideharu Miyagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a lens mount for holding a lens in a barrel, a guide shaft extending parallel to an optical axis of the lens within the barrel and connected to the lens mount for guiding the lens mount along the optical axis, and a support operable to support opposite ends of the guide shaft in its extending direction within the barrel, the support including a support unit operable to support at least one of the opposite ends of the guide shaft, the support unit including a hole provided in the barrel, and a bearing member attached from the exterior of the barrel into the hole and being removable therefrom, the bearing member being rotatable about a center axis of the hole, wherein the bearing member includes a shaft inserted into the hole and a bearing hole provided in the shaft, with one end of the guide shaft being inserted into the bearing hole and a center axis of the bearing hole being eccentric from a center axis of the shaft.
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