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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2008
Applicants:

Shunsuke Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A lens cleaning mechanism according to the present invention comprises: a cleaning unit () that covers a standby area being a part of the surface of a front lens element (), as the standby area is pressed, the cleaning unit () being rotationally moved along the surface of the front lens element () to slide over the entire surface of the front lens element (), including a remaining part of the surface and the standby area; a drive unit () connected to a holding member (); and a control unit () for rotationally moving the cleaning unit () by driving the drive unit ().


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