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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akinori Nishio, Tokyo, JP;
Daichi Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A zoom lens unitincludes a zoom lens L operable to move a plurality of lens groups in an optical axis direction upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a first lens group framefor supporting the first lens group Gpositioned on the most object side of the zoom lens L, and a driveoperable to move the first lens group framein a direction vertical to the optical axis.