IP Library Granted Patent US 12,353,044
Granted Patent B2
US 12,353,044 · App. 18/064,403 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus

Inventors: Shuhei Ono (Tokyo, JP); Kosuke Nozaki (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B7/022G02B7/021G02B7/023G02B7/026H04N23/54H04N23/55H04N23/57
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Patent No.
US 12,353,044
App. No.
18/064,403
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens apparatus includes a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit. A position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis. The lens unit includes a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member, and a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press the lens against the holding member in the optical axis direction. The holding member includes an engagement portion engageable with a tool configured to rotate the lens unit about the optical axis relative to the fixed member. The press member includes a hole portion penetrating in the optical axis direction. The hole portion enables the tool to be engaged with the engagement portion through the hole portion.

Claims (33)

1. A lens apparatus comprising a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit,

wherein a position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis of the lens unit,

wherein the lens unit includes:

a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member; and

a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press the lens against the holding member in the optical axis direction,

wherein the holding member includes an engagement portion engageable with a tool configured to rotate the lens unit about the optical axis relative to the fixed member,

wherein the press member includes a hole portion penetrating in the optical axis direction, and

wherein the hole portion enables the tool to be engaged with the engagement portion through the hole portion.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member includes, as the engagement portion, a pair of engagement portions located on both sides of the optical axis, and

wherein the press member includes, as the hole portion, a pair of hole portions located on both sides of the optical axis so as to overlap the pair of engagement portions in the optical axis direction.

3. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member includes, as the engagement portion, a plurality of engagement portions arranged around the optical axis,

wherein the press member includes, as the hole portion, a plurality of long hole portions formed to extend around the optical axis, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of engagement portions and at least one of the plurality of long hole portions overlap in the optical axis direction regardless of an engagement amount between the press member and the holding member.

4. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hole portion includes a guide portion configured to guide the tool toward the engagement portion.

5. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the press member includes a female threaded portion engaged with a male threaded portion provided on an outer circumference portion of the holding member.

6. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a lens apparatus;

an image sensor configured to capture an object image formed by the lens apparatus,

wherein the lens apparatus includes a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit,

wherein a position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis,

wherein the lens unit includes:

a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member; and

a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press the lens against the holding member in the optical axis direction,

wherein the holding member includes an engagement portion engageable with a tool configured to rotate the lens unit about the optical axis relative to the fixed member,

wherein the press member includes a hole portion penetrating in the optical axis direction, and

wherein the hole portion enables the tool to be engaged with the engagement portion through the hole portion.

7. A lens apparatus comprising a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit,

wherein a position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis,

wherein the lens unit includes:

a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member; and

a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press the lens against the holding member in the optical axis direction,

wherein the holding member includes a pair of engagement portions located on both sides of the optical axis, and

wherein the press member includes a pair of hole portions penetrating in the optical axis direction and located on both sides of the optical axis so as to overlap the pair of engagement portions in the optical axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: ONO, SHUHEI; NOZAKI, KOSUKE
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062217/0761 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-205127 · Dec 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230194827A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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