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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Yoh Wakamizu, Yokohama, JP;
Yoh Wakamizu, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a miniaturized lens barrel and optical instrument. The lens barrel () is constituted to be provided with a lens (L) which is retained in a retaining frame () pivotally supported by a shaft portion () parallel to the optical axis (A), and which moves between a first position and a second position in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis by rotation of the retaining frame about the shaft portion; a protuberance () formed to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a moving member () which is moveable with respect to the retaining frame and which includes a retaining face portion () which, in a state where it abuts the protuberance, retains the lens in the first position, and a recessed portion () formed at one portion of the retaining face portion; and is constituted such that the protuberance moves between a state where it abuts the retaining face portion, and a state where it is accommodated in the recessed portion, in accordance with movement of the moving member, and the lens is retained in a second position in the state where the protuberance is accommodated in the recessed portion.
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