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US 8,275,255 B2Granted
Lens barrel and imaging device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsShinichi Iwasaki, Tetsuya Uno
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Abstract
The lens barrel includes a flexible wire, a first supporting frame and a second supporting frame. The flexible wire has a first end with at least one terminal, a second end with at least one terminal and a bent portion disposed between the first and second ends. The bent portion includes a plurality of part overlapping each other. The first supporting frame supports the first end. The second supporting frame is movably disposed in a first direction with respect to the first supporting frame and supports the bent portion.
Claims19
A lens barrel comprising:
- a flexible wire including a first end with at least one terminal, a second end with at least one terminal and a bent portion disposed between the first and second ends, the bent portion including a first bend part and a plurality of parts overlapping each other;
- a first supporting frame configured to support the first end;
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- a second supporting frame movably disposed in a first direction with respect to the first supporting frame and configured to supports the bent portion,
- the first bent part being bent in a direction transverse to the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.