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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Applicant:
Akihiko Nishide, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Nishide, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a movable lens unit movable in an optical-axis direction, an actuator configured to move the movable lens unit in the optical-axis direction, a guide member configured to guide the movable lens unit in the optical-axis direction, and a guide-member-holding portion holding the guide member. The guide member is held by the guide-member-holding portion with one end thereof being in a press-fitted state and the other end thereof being in a non-press-fitted state.