Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens barrel

US6049432A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
8References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 1999
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/10
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens barrel includes at least two lens groups, a linear movement guide tube for guiding a linear movement of the lens groups along the optical axis and a cam tube for reciprocating the lens groups along the optical axis. The guide tube has a guiding portion formed on a film side end portion of the guide tube and extends in parallel with a film surface.

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