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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Takuji Umezu, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takuji Umezu, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a positioning guide bar, a rotation blocking guide bar, an optical filter holding member that holds an optical filter, an optical filter supporting member that is disposed at a side of the lens holding member with reference to the optical filter holding member and that supports the optical filter holding member, and an image pickup element holding member that is disposed at a side of an image pickup element with reference to the optical filter holding member and that has a positioning guide bar holding portion that holds the positioning guide bar. The optical filter supporting member includes a rotation blocking guide bar holding portion that holds the rotation blocking guide bar, and the rotation blocking guide bar holding portion is positioned in an insertion and removal range of the optical filter holding member.