Image stabilization apparatus, lens apparatus, and imaging apparatus

A lens apparatus comprising an image stabilization apparatus,

• wherein the image stabilization apparatus includes:
• a first optical element including a first lens and being configured to move in a direction different from an optical axis;
• a first driver including a first magnet magnetized in a first magnetized direction and a first coil and being configured to drive the first optical element by an electromagnetic action;
• a second optical element including a second lens and being configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis;
• and
• a second driver including a second magnet magnetized in a second magnetized direction and a second coil and being configured to drive the second optical element by an electromagnetic action,
• wherein the first magnet is disposed outside a second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction and the second magnet is disposed outside a first area onto which the first magnet is projected in the first magnetized direction, and
• wherein a distance of closest approach between the first magnet and the second magnet is longer than (a) a distance of closest approach between the first magnet and the second optical element when the image stabilization apparatus is not operated or (b) a distance of closest approach between the first optical element and the second magnet in an optical axis direction when the image stabilization apparatus is not operated.

An imaging apparatus comprising a lens apparatus that includes an image stabilization apparatus,

• wherein the image stabilization apparatus includes:
• a first optical element including a first lens and being configured to move in a direction different from an optical axis;
• a first driver including a first magnet magnetized in a first magnetized direction and a first coil and being configured to drive the first optical element by an electromagnetic action;
• a second optical element including a second lens and being configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis;
• and
• a second driver including a second magnet magnetized in a second magnetized direction and a second coil and being configured to drive the second optical element by an electromagnetic action,
• wherein the first magnet is disposed outside a second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction and the second magnet is disposed outside a first area onto which the first magnet is projected in the first magnetized direction, and
• wherein a distance of closest approach between the first magnet and the second magnet is longer than (a) a distance of closest approach between the first magnet and the second optical element when the image stabilization apparatus is not operated or (b) a distance of closest approach between the first optical element and the second magnet in an optical axis direction when the image stabilization apparatus is not operated.

An image stabilization apparatus comprising:

• a first optical element including a first lens and being configured to move in a direction different from an optical axis;
• a first driver including a first magnet magnetized in a first magnetized direction and a first coil and being configured to drive the first optical element by an electromagnetic action;
• a second optical element including a second lens and being configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis;
• and
• a second driver including a second magnet magnetized in a second magnetized direction and a second coil and being configured to drive the second optical element by an electromagnetic action,
• wherein the first magnet is disposed outside a second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction and the second magnet is disposed outside a first area onto which the first magnet is projected in the first magnetized direction, and
• wherein the first magnet moves along a spherical surface with a first radius and a first center point as a center located on the optical axis, and the second magnet moves along a spherical surface with a second radius different from the first radius and a second center point as a center located on the optical axis.

An image stabilization apparatus comprising:

• a first optical element including a first lens and being configured to move in a direction different from an optical axis;
• a first driver including a first magnet magnetized in a first magnetized direction and a first coil and being configured to drive the first optical element by an electromagnetic action;
• a second optical element including a second lens and being configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis;
• a second driver including a second magnet magnetized in a second magnetized direction and a second coil and being configured to drive the second optical element by an electromagnetic action;
• a light shielding member configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis and to shield light;
• and
• a third driver including a third magnet magnetized in a third magnetized direction and a third coil and being configured to drive the light shielding member by an electromagnetic action,
• wherein the first magnet is disposed outside a second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction and the second magnet is disposed outside a first area onto which the first magnet is projected in the first magnetized direction, and
• wherein the second magnet is disposed outside a third area onto which the third magnet is projected in the third magnetized direction and the third magnet is disposed outside the second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction.