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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisanori Togawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01); G03B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G03B 17/04 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens assembly includes a first lens holder that holds a first lens, a first guiding shaft that guides the first lens holder in a parallel direction to an optical axis of the first lens, a first driver that drives the first lens holder in an axial direction of the first guiding shaft, a second lens holder that holds a second lens that is different from the first lens, and a second driver that drives the second lens holder in a direction of the optical axis. Here, the first guiding shaft, the second driver, and the first driver are arranged in the stated order in a circumferential direction of a circle that is centered on the optical axis.