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US 2011/0235193 A1Published application
Screw component and image capturing device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorFumiya Yagi
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Abstract
A screw component including lens holder and lens barrel component engaged with each other, and protruding portions respectively provided on each of both flanks of screw thread of lens holder. When lens holder is engaged with the lens barrel component, screw thread of lens holder is brought into contact with both flanks of a screw thread of the lens barrel component, it is possible to prevent lens holder and the lens barrel component from being displaced from each other.
Claims12
A screw component comprising:
- a pair of screw members engaged with each other;
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- a plurality of protruding portions provided on each of both flanks of a screw thread of one screw member of the pair of screw members,
- wherein the protruding portions on one of the flanks are arranged alternately with respect to the protruding portions on the other flank along the screw thread of the one screw member, and
- wherein when the one screw member is engaged with the other screw member of the pair of screw members, the protruding portions provided alternately are brought into contact with flanks of a screw thread of the other screw member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.