Patent · US Expired

Lens barrel

US5489958A · kind A · utility

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7References
54Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1994
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens barrel comprises a barrier provided at a front aperture of a photographing lens, a barrier driving mechanism for opening and closing the barrier, a lens driving mechanism for moving at least one lens group in an optical-axis direction, a driving device for operating the lens driving mechanism and the barrier driving mechanism, and a driving force switching device for transmitting driving force of the driving device to a lens driving mechanism at a state capable of photographing and for transmitting driving force of the driving device to a barrier driving mechanism at a state incapable of photographing linked with the movement of the photographing lens from a state capable of photographing to a state incapable of photographing.

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