Lens unit and lens driving apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyohhei Kawamuki, Hideaki Fujita, Masayuki Nishikawa
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Abstract
A lens unit and a lens driving apparatus are provided. First to third guide members have first to third axis lines, and the first to third axis lines are arranged in parallel with each other. A first lens holder has a first lens held by a first lens holding portion with a first main sliding portion guided by sliding on the first guide member, and a first sub sliding portion guided by sliding on the third guide member. A second lens holder has a second lens held coaxially with the first lens by a second lens holding portion with a second main sliding portion guided by sliding on the second guide member, and a second sub sliding portion guided by the third guide member.
Claims17
A lens unit comprising:
- a first guide member having a first axis line;
- second guide member having a second axis line parallel to the first axis line;
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- a third guide member having a third axis line parallel to the first and second axis lines,
- the lens unit comprising:
- a first lens holder having a first holding portion for holding a first lens, a first main sliding portion which is guided by sliding on the first guide member, and a first sub sliding portion which is guided by sliding on the third guide member and smaller than the first main sliding portion as viewed along the first axis line;
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- a second lens holder having a second holding portion for holding a second lens, a second main sliding portion which is guided by sliding on the second guide member, and a second sub sliding portion which is guided by sliding on the third guide member and smaller than the second main sliding portion as viewed along the second axis line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.