IP Library Granted Patent US 8,437,094
Granted Patent B2
US 8,437,094 · App. 13/268,207 · Granted May 7, 2013

Lens barrel with optical filter and optical apparatus having the same

Inventor: Takuji Umezu (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,437,094
App. No.
13/268,207
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens barrel includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a positioning guide bar, a rotation blocking guide bar, an optical filter holding member that holds an optical filter, an optical filter supporting member that is disposed at a side of the lens holding member with reference to the optical filter holding member and that supports the optical filter holding member, and an image pickup element holding member that is disposed at a side of an image pickup element with reference to the optical filter holding member and that has a positioning guide bar holding portion that holds the positioning guide bar. The optical filter supporting member includes a rotation blocking guide bar holding portion that holds the rotation blocking guide bar, and the rotation blocking guide bar holding portion is positioned in an insertion and removal range of the optical filter holding member.

Claims (12)

1. A lens barrel comprising:

a lens holding member that holds a lens;

a positioning guide bar of the lens holding member while guiding the lens holding member in an optical axis direction;

a rotation blocking guide bar of the lens holding member while guiding the lens holding member in the optical axis direction;

an optical filter holding member that holds an optical filter;

an optical filter supporting member that is disposed at a side of the lens holding member with reference to the optical filter holding member and that supports the optical filter holding member in the optical axis direction; and

an image pickup element holding member that is disposed at a side of an image pickup element with reference to the optical filter holding member and that has a positioning guide bar holding portion that holds the positioning guide bar while holding the image pickup element,

wherein the optical filter supporting member includes a rotation blocking guide bar holding portion that holds the rotation blocking guide bar, and

wherein the rotation blocking guide bar holding portion is positioned in an insertion and removal range of the optical filter holding member when viewed in the optical axis direction.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,

the positioning guide bar holding portion is positioned outside the insertion and removal range of the optical filter holding member when viewed in the optical axis direction.

3. An optical apparatus comprising the lens barrel according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2012
From: UMEZU, TAKUJI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-240900 · Oct 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120105984A1 · May 3, 2012