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US 8,300,324 B2Granted
Lens barrel and imaging device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorKoichiro Hirabayashi
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Abstract
The lens barrel of the present invention includes: a lens; and a light blocking member provided in the vicinity of the lens for blocking part of light traveling toward the lens, a main constituent of the light blocking member being a thermoplastic elastomer resin.
Claims11
A lens barrel, comprising:
- a lens;
- and
- a light blocking member provided in the vicinity of the lens for blocking part of light traveling toward the lens, a main constituent of the light blocking member being a thermoplastic elastomer resin;
- wherein the light blocking member is spaced apart from the lens so as to not affect positioning of the lens, and
- an inner rim of the light blocking member is located more downstream, in a direction of travel of light along an optical axis of the lens, than a light-incident surface of a thickest portion of the lens.
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