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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Minoru Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A retractable lens camera includes: a lens barrel; three or more lens groups provided in the lens barrel; a retracting unit that retracts the lens barrel and the lens groups into a camera body; and a displacing unit that displaces at least two lens groups to an escaping space out of an optical axis.