IP Library Granted Patent US 8,366,331
Granted Patent B2
US 8,366,331 · App. 13/191,810 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Blade driving device and optical apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,366,331
App. No.
13/191,810
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade driving device includes: a board including an optical path opening; first and second blades moving toward and away from the optical path opening; first and second transmitting portions driving the first and second blades; and first and second drive sources respectively driving the first and second transmitting portions, wherein the first and second transmitting portions respectively include first and second drive pins, and the first blade includes an engagement slot engaging one of the first and second drive pins and is attached to the first and the second transmitting portions to be rotatable about the other of the first and second drive pins.

Claims (29)

1. A blade driving device comprising:

a board including an optical path opening;

first and second blades moving toward and away from the optical path opening;

first and second transmitting portions driving the first and second blades; and

first and second drive sources respectively driving the first and second transmitting portions,

wherein the first and second transmitting portions respectively include first and second drive pins, and

the first blade includes an engagement slot engaging one of the first and second drive pins and is attached to the first and the second transmitting portions to be rotatable about the other of the first and second drive pins.

2. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein

the board includes a guide pin guiding movement of the second blade,

the first blade includes the engagement slot engaging the first drive pin and is rotatably fitted onto the second drive pin, and

the second blade includes a guide slot engaging the guide pin and is rotatably fitted onto the second drive pin.

3. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second transmitting portions face each other.

4. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein the first blade is driven by the first drive pin, and

the first and second blades are driven by the second drive pin.

5. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second drive sources respectively include first and second rotors, and

the first and second rotors are capable of stopping only at both ends of rotational ranges of the first and second rotors, respectively.

6. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second blades are arranged in the same side with respect to the optical path opening while overlapping each other in a state where the first and second blades recede from the optical path opening.

7. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein a state is capable of shifting to any one of a first state where the first and second blades recede from the optical path opening,

a second state where the first blade overlaps the optical path opening and the second blade recedes from the optical path opening, and

a third state where the second blade overlaps the optical path opening and the first blade recedes from the optical path opening.

8. The blade driving device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second blades respectively include first and second openings, each of diameters of the first and second openings being smaller than a diameter of the optical path opening.

9. An optical apparatus comprising a blasé drive mechanism,

the blade drive mechanism including:

a board including an optical path opening;

first and second blades moving toward and away from the optical path opening;

first and second transmitting portions driving the first and second blades; and

first and second drive sources respectively driving the first and second transmitting portions,

wherein the first and second transmitting portions respectively include first and second drive pins, and

the first blade includes an engagement slot engaging one of the first and second drive pins and is attached to the first and the second transmitting portions to be rotatable about the other of the first and second drive pins.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 050872/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 050873/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2011
From: NUMNUAL, PHICHET; NAKANO, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 026715/0069 →