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US 8,284,507 B2Granted
Lens barrel
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorItaru Doi
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Abstract
A lens barrel includes a lens frame which is movable while supporting a lens; and a restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the lens frame by contacting the lens frame. The lens frame and the restriction portion contact each other at a plurality of points.
Claims5
A lens barrel, comprising:
- a lens frame which is movable while supporting a lens;
- a drive unit configured to drive the lens frame and to allow the lens frame to be in a non-holding state when current is not applied;
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- a restriction portion configured to, when current is not applied to the drive unit, restrict movement of the lens frame within a predetermined moving range by contacting the lens frame,
- wherein the restriction portion does not contact the lens frame except at ends of the moving range, and comes into contact with the lens frame at a plurality of points when the lens frame moves to one of the ends of the moving range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.