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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Takayuki Ide, Fussa, JP;
Takayuki Ide, Fussa, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixed aperture and a fixed shaft are formed in a fixed member. A drive shaft is formed in a driving member. A fixed shaft hole and a drive shaft hole are formed in a plurality of diaphragm blades, and the plurality of blades is connected to the fixed shaft and the drive shaft. An aperture diameter of a variable aperture AP which is an aperture zone formed by the plurality of diaphragm blades is controlled by rotating relatively the driving member with respect to the fixed member. Here, the diaphragm blades are disposed in a plurality of layers, and a part of) the diaphragm blades belonging to an adjacent layer are disposed to be overlapping with respect to an optical axis direction.