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Granted Patent B2
US 10,095,002 · App. 15/451,588 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Lens barrel and camera device

Inventor: Hideo Onishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G02B7/09G02B7/04
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Patent No.
US 10,095,002
App. No.
15/451,588
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens barrel includes a fixed frame, an annular operation ring rotatable with respect to the fixed frame, a drive frame rotatable together with the operation ring with respect to the fixed frame, a mobile frame movable together with lens held by the mobile frame along an optical axis direction based on a rotation of the drive frame, a coil array fixed to any one of the fixed frame and the drive frame and composed of a plurality of coils disposed alongside in a circumferential direction, and a magnet array fixed to the other of the fixed frame and the drive frame and composed of a plurality of magnets disposed alongside in the circumferential direction, in which the drive frame is rotated by electromagnetic force generated by supplying a current to the coil array, and the mobile frame is driven along the optical axis direction.

Claims (21)

1. A lens barrel comprising:

a cylindrical fixed frame;

an annular operation ring disposed outside the fixed frame coaxially with the fixed frame and rotatable with respect to the fixed frame;

a drive frame disposed inside the fixed frame coaxially with the fixed frame and rotatable together with the operation ring with respect to the fixed frame;

a mobile frame movable together with a lens held by the mobile frame along an optical axis direction, based on a rotation of the drive frame;

a coil array fixed to any one of the fixed frame and the drive frame and composed of a plurality of coils disposed alongside in a circumferential direction; and

a magnet array fixed to the other of the fixed frame and the drive frame and composed of a plurality of magnets disposed alongside in the circumferential direction,

wherein the drive frame is rotated with respect to the fixed frame by electromagnetic force generated by supplying a current to the coil array, and the mobile frame is driven along the optical axis direction.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the coil array and the magnet array are disposed alongside in the optical axis direction.

3. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the coil array and the magnet array are disposed alongside in a radial direction.

4. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein a coil axis of the coil intersects with an arrangement direction of the plurality of magnets.

5. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein a coil axis of the coil extends along a tangent line to the circumferential direction of an arrangement direction of the plurality of magnets.

6. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the coil array is disposed on the drive frame.

7. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of coils is wounded into a trapezoidal shape.

8. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of the magnet arrays disposed to sandwich the coil array.

9. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the coil array is provided on the drive frame on a side close to an image in the optical axis direction.

10. A camera device comprising:

the lens barrel according to claim 1 ; and

an electric control device,

wherein

in an electric mode, the electric control device drives the drive frame by electromagnetic force generated by supplying a current to the coil array based on acquired operation information, and in a manual mode, the electric control device stops or reduces a current to be supplied to the coil array.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2017
From: ONISHI, HIDEO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042268/0987 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-060978 · Mar 24, 2016 · national
JP 2017-005552 · Jan 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170276899A1 · Sep 28, 2017