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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.:

US 9116283 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2014

Lens barrel

Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Akio Konishi, Hyogo, JP;

Fumio Shinano, Osaka, JP;

Hiroyasu Fujinaka, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Loha Ben

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/12 (2006.01); G03B 13/34 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01); G02B 15/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G02B 7/12 (2013.01); G02B 15/15 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/34 (2013.01); G03B 17/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/565 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract

The lens barrel includes a support frame and a retracting lens frame. The retracting lens frame is configured to support a lens and move around a retraction shaft with respect to the support frame during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state. The retraction shaft is substantially parallel to the optical axis. The retracting lens frame includes at least three contact portions. The at least three contact portions is configured to come into contact with the support frame at positions that are different from the retraction shaft. Movement of the retracting lens frame in the optical axis direction is restricted when the contact portions come into contact with the support frame. At least one of the contact portions is provided to the retracting lens frame so as to overlap the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.

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