US 9,519,120 B2Granted

Lens barrel

AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

InventorsAkio Konishi, Tetsuya Uno, Fumio Shinano

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Abstract

A lens barrel includes a support frame and a retracting lens frame. The support frame includes a main body portion, a first linking portion and a second linking portion. The first region is configured to dispose the second lens in the imaging enabled state. The second region is formed continuously with the first region. The first linking portion links the second region on one side of the main body portion in the optical axis direction. The second linking portion links the second region on the other side of the main body portion in the optical axis direction. The retracting lens frame is disposed between the first linking portion and the second linking portion in a housed state.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A lens barrel, comprising:

a first lens including a first optical axis;
a second lens including a second optical axis;
a support frame;
a retracting lens frame configured to support the second lens and move with respect to the support frame such that a position of the second optical axis changes from a position on the first optical axis to a position outside the first optical axis during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state;
a retraction shaft configured to be substantially parallel to the first optical axis and rotatably support the retracting lens frame with respect to the support frame;
and
a first frame body disposed on one side of the support frame in a first optical axis direction and including a first housing portion, the first housing portion configured to house the retraction shaft.

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Facts

Application: 14/696,419Filed 25 Apr 2015 · continuation
Priority: JP 2012-0213972 Feb 2012
Published: US 2015/0226932 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G02B 7/021
For lenses: for more than one lens
G02B 7/022
For lenses: lens and mount having complementary engagement means, e.g. screw/thread
G02B 7/023
For lenses: permitting adjustment
G02B 7/026
For lenses: using retaining rings or springs

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PCT/JP2013/000586Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2013
Application14/447,791Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jul 2014
US 2015/0226932 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Aug 2015
US 9,046,744 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0340777 A1Published application
US 9,519,120 B2This patent

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