Lens apparatus
US8922908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2205/0053
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A lens apparatus includes a lens housing, driven member that is driven in a first direction. A lens barrel body that includes a lens, is separated from the driven member upon receiving an impact including a component of a second direction and can move. A drive section drives the driven member in the first direction. When the lens housing receives an impact including a component of the first direction, the drive member and the driven member are separated apart, and the driven member and the lens barrel body move together in the first direction, and when the lens housing receives an impact including the component of the second direction, the drive member prevents the driven member from moving in the second direction, the driven member and the lens barrel body are separated apart, and the lens barrel body moves.
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