# US 10,310,357 B2 · Optical apparatus including elastic damping member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,357 B2 - Document ID: US10310357B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/435,487 - Filed: 2017-02-17 - Published: 2017-08-24 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-24 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takehiko Sato; Koji Sato; Kota Asano; Daisuke Shiraishi; Makoto Hayakawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310357B2 ## CPC - G03B 9/06: Two or more co-operating pivoted blades, e.g. iris type (shutters functioning as diaphragms by limiting extent of opening movement G03B9/08) - H04N 23/687: {by shifting the lens or sensor position} - H04N 23/6812: {based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors} - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An optical apparatus includes an optical unit driven by an actuator, a holder configured to hold the optical unit, and an elastic member that contacts the holder via a first contacting portion and a second contacting portion, and contacts the optical unit via a connecting portion provided between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion. The elastic member is spaced from the holder between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion, and spaced from the optical unit between the first contacting portion and the connecting portion and between the connecting portion and the second contacting portion. Part of the elastic member opposite to the connecting portion that contacts the optical unit is spaced from the holder. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical apparatus comprising: an optical unit including a movable member and an actuator that drives the movable member; a holder configured to hold the optical unit; and an elastic member that has a first contacting portion and a second contacting portion each contacting the holder, and a flexible portion provided between the first and second contacting portions and connected to the optical unit, wherein the flexible portion is connected to the optical unit at a connection position such that a first space is formed between the flexible portion and the optical unit, and a second space is formed between the flexible portion and the holder so as to include an opposite position to the connection position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holder holds the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion in two orthogonal directions including an optical axis direction of the optical apparatus and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction, and wherein the elastic member has a space in the two directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the holder includes: a first holder including a first receiving portion into which the first contacting portion is inserted in the optical axis direction and a second receiving portion into which the second contacting portion is inserted in the optical axis direction; and a second holder coupled with the first holder so as to shield the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit, the elastic member, and the holder are arranged in an optical axis direction of the optical apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit, the elastic member, and the holder are arranged in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the optical apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a resonance magnification of the elastic member for a frequency higher than 200 Hz is smaller than that for a frequency lower than 200 Hz. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit is a diaphragm unit configured to adjust a light quantity by driving a light-shielding member as the movable member via the actuator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit includes at least one optical member as the movable member configured to move in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined axis by the actuator, and wherein the elastic member is disposed at a position that shifts from the optical unit in the direction perpendicular to the predetermined axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit includes at least one optical member as the movable member configured to move in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined axis by the actuator, and wherein the elastic member is disposed at a position that shifts from the holder in the direction perpendicular to the predetermined axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit includes at least one optical member as the movable member configured to move in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined axis by the actuator, and wherein the predetermined axis is parallel to an optical axis of the optical apparatus.