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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Saitama-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens barrel houses plural lens frames holding plural movable lens units and supporting the plural movable lens units so that the movable lens units are movable forward and rearward along an optical axis. The zoom lens barrel includes a first lens frame and a second lens frame of the plural lens frames adjacent to each other, and plural first linear motors and plural second linear motors that move the first lens frame and the second lens frame forward and rearward independently for focusing associated with zooming. The plural first linear motors and the plural second linear motors are arranged in a plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis and also alternately on the same circumference that has a center on the optical axis.