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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Applicant:
Hisashi Kawamoto, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Hisashi Kawamoto, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Precision Inc., Narashino-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/10 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens drive device includes: a lens holder holding a lens; a drive source including a rotor rotatably supported; a gear rotated by a rotation of the rotor; and a driven gear rotated by the gear. The lens holder is moved in an optical axis direction by a rotation of the driven gear. The driven gear includes a teeth portion. The teeth portion includes: a meshed portion meshing the gear; and a non-meshed portion abutting the gear to stop the rotations of the gear and the driven gear.