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Lens driving apparatus and photographic apparatus

US6618212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/102
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens driving apparatus which drives a first and a second lens group arranged in the optical axis by a first drive means and a second drive means, wherein the apparatus has a first and a second cam followers extending mutually parallel in a right angle direction to the optical axis from the first and second lens groups and cam member having first and second cams arranged along the optical axis and respectively engaging the first and second cam followers.

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