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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Ryozo Hosoda, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Ito, Osaka, JP;
Ryozo Hosoda, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Ito, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A spherical aberration correction mechanism includes an aberration correction lens, a movable portion for supporting the aberration correction lens, a fixing portion for supporting the aberration correction lens, in which the movable portion is disposed in a slidable manner, a shaft for supporting the movable portion in a rotatable manner about the axis and in a slidable manner in the axial direction, a feed screw having a helical groove, an engaging portion having an engaging groove like a male thread engaging with the helical groove from an direction, and a coil spring engaging with the outer surface of the shaft, for pressing the movable portion in the axial direction. Each end portion of the feed screw is provided with a cylindrical portion having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the feed screw, and a resetting elastic portion supported by the fixing portion or the movable portion is provided for pressing the movable portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the coil spring.