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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Uehara, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a cam ring configured to be rotatably driven, a lens holding cylinder provided on an outer circumference of the cam ring and configured to hold a lens, and a barrier cylinder configured to hold a lens barrier, the barrier cylinder includes a cylinder portion, a first protrusion which extends from the cylinder portion toward an image plane side, and a cam engagement portion which is engaged with a cam groove of the cam ring, the lens holding cylinder includes a cylinder portion and a second protrusion which extends from the cylinder portion toward the image plane side, and the second protrusion of the lens holding cylinder is arranged so as to overlap with the cam engagement portion of the barrier cylinder in a radial direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction.