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Granted Patent B2
US 12699246 · App. 18/465,998 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Lens device

Inventors: Nobuyuki Kondo (Saitama, JP); Mitsuhiko Oka (Saitama, JP); Toshiaki Ezawa (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G02B7/021G03B17/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12699246
App. No.
18/465,998
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens device includes a lens mechanism, a movement mechanism that includes a movement member moving the lens mechanism, and a braking mechanism that generates a braking force with respect to movement of the movement member. The braking mechanism includes a braking member that includes a pressing surface pressing a pressing target surface of the movement member, a support member that supports the braking member, and a pressing member that includes a pressing portion applying a pressing force to a first surface of the braking member. A contact portion between the pressing portion and the first surface is formed at a periphery of a recess portion.

Claims (52)

1 . A lens device comprising:

a lens mechanism;

a movement mechanism that includes a movement member moving the lens mechanism; and

a braking mechanism that generates a braking force with respect to movement of the movement member,

wherein the braking mechanism includes

a braking member that includes a pressing surface pressing a pressing target surface of the movement member,

a support member that supports the braking member, and

a pressing member that includes a pressing portion applying a pressing force to a first surface of the braking member, and

a contact portion between the pressing portion and the first surface is formed at a periphery of a recess portion,

wherein an end portion of the braking member that is on a pressing surface side is formed by a line and is formed at an angle different from an angle at which the pressing surface is formed, when being viewed in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pressing member and an axial direction of the lens mechanism.

2 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing portion and the first surface come into line-contact with each other at the contact portion.

3 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing target surface and the pressing surface are inclined surfaces that are inclined with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pressing member.

4 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing member includes the recess portion,

the recess portion includes an opening that is at a tip portion of the pressing member, and

the pressing portion is formed at a peripheral edge portion of the opening.

5 . The lens device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the pressing member includes

a body portion, and

a diameter increase portion that is formed at an end portion of the body portion that is on a braking member side and of which a diameter is larger than a diameter of the body portion,

the recess portion includes an effective hole diameter portion that defines an effective hole diameter of the recess portion, and

the effective hole diameter portion is formed to be closer to a tip portion side of the pressing member than a boundary between the body portion and the diameter increase portion is.

6 . The lens device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a region of the tip portion of the pressing member, which is around the opening, is formed to be inclined.

7 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing member is provided with an operation member,

the operation member includes a shaft portion and a head portion, and

the shaft portion protrudes beyond a side surface of the lens device.

8 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressing member is machined through turning.

9 . The lens device according to claim 3 ,

wherein an inclined angle of the inclined surfaces is 30° to 60°.

10 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the pressing surface is larger than a surface roughness of a surface of the braking member other than the pressing surface.

11 . The lens device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement mechanism is a shift mechanism that shifts the lens mechanism.

12 . The lens device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a tilt mechanism that tilts the lens mechanism;

a shift mechanism that shifts the lens mechanism; and

a rotation mechanism that rotates at least one of the tilt mechanism or the shift mechanism around an optical axis direction.

13 . A lens device comprising:

a lens mechanism;

a movement mechanism that includes a movement member moving the lens mechanism; and

a braking mechanism that generates a braking force with respect to movement of the movement member,

wherein the braking mechanism includes

a braking member that includes a pressing surface pressing a pressing target surface of the movement member,

a support member that supports the braking member, and

a pressing member that includes a pressing portion applying a pressing force to a first surface of the braking member, and

a contact portion between the pressing portion and the first surface is formed to be separated from a central axis of the pressing member,

wherein an end portion of the braking member that is on a pressing surface side is formed by a line and is formed at an angle different from an angle at which the pressing surface is formed, when being viewed in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pressing member and an axial direction of the lens mechanism.