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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2008
Kazuhiko Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Mashima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Mashima, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes: a plurality of lenses disposed in an outer enclosure; and an imaging device that converts image light introduced as an image capturing signal through the plurality of lenses into an image signal. The outer enclosure has a unit assembling portion in which an imaging unit is disposed. The imaging unit includes a centering lens disposed in the bottom portion of the unit assembling portion, a pressing plate that presses the centering lens from the side opposite the bottom portion, a packing disposed on the opposite side of the pressing plate, and an imaging module having the imaging device and disposed on the opposite side of the packing to the pressing plate and pressing the packing against the pressing plate. A working hole through which an adjustment jig is inserted is formed in the peripheral side portion of the unit assembling portion.