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US 4,793,689 AGranted
Lens barrel with vibration wave motor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasao Aoyagi, Shigeru Kamata, Ryuji Suzuki
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Abstract
A lens barrel includes a hollow rotary ring rotatable about the optic axis which is disposed within the hollow of a hollow fixed cylinder with a bearing interposed therebetween, a moving cylinder movable in response to rotation of the rotary ring which is disposed within the hollow of the rotary ring, a vibration wave motor which is disposed between the diametrical directions of the fixed cylinder and the rotary ring, and a rotor which is substantially secured to the rotary ring.
Claims15
A lens barrel comprising:
- a hollow fixed cylinder;
- a hollow rotary ring disposed within the hollow of said fixed cylinder;
- bearing means disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, said rotary ring being rotatable around the optical axis of the lens barrel;
- a moving member disposed within the hollow of said rotary ring, said moving member being movable in response to rotation of said rotary ring;
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- a vibration wave motor comprising a rotary member and disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, said rotary member of said motor being substantially secured to said rotary ring, and said rotary ring being rotated by said motor.
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A lens barrel, comprising:
- a hollow fixed cylinder;
- a hollow rotary ring rotatable around the optical axis of the lens barrel and disposed within the hollow of said fixed cylinder;
- bearing means interposed between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring;
- a moving member disposed within the hollow of said rotary ring, said moving member being movable in response to rotation of said rotary ring;
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- a vibration wave motor comprising a rotary member, wherein said vibration wave motor is disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, said rotary member of said vibration wave motor being substantially secured to said rotary ring, said rotary ring being rotated by said motor, wherein said bearing means is disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring at a distance from said vibration wave motor in the direction of the optical axis.
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A lens barrel, comprising:
- a hollow fixed cylinder;
- a hollow rotary ring rotatable around the optical axis of the lens barrel and disposed within the hollow of said fixed cylinder;
- bearing means disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring;
- a moving member disposed within the hollow of said rotary ring, said moving member being movable in response to rotation of said rotary ring;
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- a vibration wave motor radially disposed between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, comprising:
- a piezo-electric element performing an electro-strictive action in response to the application of a voltage thereto;
- a vibratory member receiving the electro-strictive action of said piezo-electric element;
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- a rotary member rotatable in response to the vibration of said vibratory member, wherein said vibration wave motor is a hollow ring-link block wherein said rotary member has a ring-link configuration, and wherein said rotary ring and said rotary member are substantially secured to each other along almost the entire peripheral surfaces thereof.
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A lens barrel, comprising:
- a hollow fixed cylinder;
- a hollow rotary ring disposed within the hollow of said fixed cylinder;
- bearing means disposed radially between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, said rotary ring being rotatable around the optical axis of the lens barrel;
- a cylindrical moving member disposed within the hollow of said rotary ring and helicoid-coupled with said rotary ring, said cylindrical moving member being movable in response to the rotation of said rotary ring;
- a vibration wave motor comprising a rotary member, wherein said vibration wave motor is radially disposed between said fixed cylinder and said rotary ring, said vibration wave motor being disposed on the outer peripheral side of said cylindrical moving member so that said cylindrical moving member and said vibration wave motor overlap each other in the radial direction, wherein said rotary member is substantially secured to said rotary ring, and said rotary ring is rotated by said motor;
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- a lens holding frame member secured to said cylindrical moving member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.