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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Takeo Santo, Osaka, JP;
Keiji Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Keishi Iwasaki, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 15/02 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens barrelis mounted to a collapsible imaging devicehaving a zooming function and includes a cam frame, a first lens frame, a second lens frame, and a third lens frame. First, second, and third lens frame cam grooves, respectively including in the longitudinal direction thereof insertion parts, collapse parts, and variable power partsare formed in the inner peripheral face of the cam frame. The third lens frame cam grooveare deeper than the first and second lens frame cam groovesand are intersected at the collapse partsthereof with the respective insertion parts