The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
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 13/34 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 9/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens barrelis mounted in a collapsible imaging deviceand includes a third lens frame. The third frameis a lens frame to which correction lenses L, L, Lare mounted and includes a shutter unit, a vibration compensation actuator, a lens frame main body, a focus lens frame, and a focus motor. The focus lens frameis urged against the lens frame main bodytoward the image plane side by means of a focus spring. A motor sectionof the focus motoris arranged in a region interposed between two multilayer printed circuit boardswhen viewed from the image plane side or the object side.