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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Yoshifumi Mitani, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Miyaji, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Mitani, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Miyaji, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/10 (2013.01); G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens barrel and a lens unit each include a lens drive operation member that drives a lens holding member holding a movable lens group, in an axial direction by a rotation operation of a rotating member. This lens drive operation member has a body disposed so as to be rotatable about an axis of a fixed barrel and so as not to be movable in the axial direction and connected to the rotating member by a connecting portion, and the connecting portion includes at least two connecting members, that is, a first connecting member formed integrally with the body, and a second connecting member formed separately from the body.