Patent · US Expired

Interchangeable lens barrel

US4416526A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1981
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An interchangeable lens barrel comprising a lens barrel having a mount which can be attached to a mount of a camera body, focussing lens means rotatably supported on the lens barrel and moving in directions of the optical axis when it rotates, a driving circuit having a driving motor, a driving mechanism connected to the driving motor for rotating the focussing lens means, actuation switch means in the driving circuit, and means on the mount of the lens barrel for receiving a driving signal of the driving motor from the camera body.

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