Lens assembly, lens barrel and image capturing apparatus
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorHisanori Togawa
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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.
Claims11
A lens assembly comprising:
- 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;
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- a second driver that drives the second lens holder in a direction of the optical axis, wherein
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.