IP Library Granted Patent US 7,660,057
Granted Patent B2
US 7,660,057 · App. 12/395,907 · Granted Feb 9, 2010

Lens assembly and imaging apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,660,057
App. No.
12/395,907
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Areas 11 — 1 a, being in contact with an O-ring 13 , of an outer peripheral surface of a taking lens 11 — 1 and an area 12 a , being in contact with the O-ring 13 , of an inner surface of a lens frame 12 are formed in taper shapes having slopes with respect to an optical axis of the taking lens 11 — 1 in a section taken along a plane including the optical axis. The O-ring 13 is disposed in contact with the areas 11 — 1 a and 12 a , which are formed in the taper shapes, of both of the outer peripheral surface of the taking lens 11 — 1 and the inner surface of the lens frame 12 . Also, the O-ring 13 is pressed in directions of arrows P and P′ by the outer peripheral surface of the taking lens 11 — 1 and the inner surface of the lens frame 12.

Claims (20)

1. A lens assembly comprising:

a lens;

a lens frame that houses the lens; and

an O-ring that is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the lens and an inner surface of the lens frame, wherein

an area, being in contact with the O-ring, of the outer peripheral surface of the lens and an area, being in contact with the O-ring, of the inner surface of the lens frame are formed in taper shapes having slopes with respect to an optical axis of the lens in a section taken along a plane including the optical axis.

2. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the areas are formed in the taper shapes, which have straight slopes in the section.

3. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the lens assembly according to claim 2 ; and

an imaging device.

4. The lens assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the areas are formed in the taper shapes, which have curved slopes in the section.

5. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the lens assembly according to claim 4 ; and

an imaging device.

6. The lens assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the areas are formed in the taper shapes having slopes that are curved in such a direction as to narrow a space between the outer peripheral surface of the lens and the inner surface of the lens frame as the areas are distant from a position of the O-ring in the section.

7. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the lens assembly according to claim 6 ; and

an imaging device.

8. An imaging apparatus comprising:

the lens assembly according to claim 1 ; and

an imaging device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2020
From: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
To: TIANJIN OFILM OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052431/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048045/0443 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: FUJINON CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047155/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: SASAKI, NAOKI; YAMADA, TAKESHI
To: FUJINON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022356/0829 →