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Driving device, lens barrel, and optical apparatus including the lens barrel

US8792051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2011
Grant dateJul 29, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2205/0053
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a driving device, a distance from a guide member to a vibrator is less than that from the guide member to a permanent magnet in a plane perpendicular to a guiding direction of a guide member. An attraction force between the permanent magnet and a magnetic body acts as a force to rotate (i.e., a rotating force) a holding member about an axis of the guide member, and the vibrator is pressed against a contact member by the rotating force.

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