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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Kyosuke Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Fumihiko Fujishiro, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens barrel includes: a lens holding member that holds a lens; a drive coil attached to an outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member; a magnet attached to face the drive coil; a barrel member in which the lens holding member is disposed; and a cover member attached to the barrel member with the lens on a light incident side of the lens holding member facing to an outside. The cover member is magnetic, and the magnet is directly attached to the cover member at a position acing the drive coil.