IP Library Granted Patent US 10,007,083
Granted Patent B2
US 10,007,083 · App. 14/828,809 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Lens barrel

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Patent No.
US 10,007,083
App. No.
14/828,809
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens barrel of the invention is configured with a first barrel member, a second barrel member which rotates around an outer periphery of the first barrel member and which has a through hole between an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, and a moisture permeable member provided so as to cover the through hole of the second barrel member.

Claims (13)

1. A lens barrel comprising:

a first barrel member including a first air hole passing between internal and external spaces of the first barrel member;

a second barrel member including a through hole constituted of a concave portion formed such that a diameter-direction cross-section from an outer peripheral surface toward an inner peripheral surface of the second barrel member forms a concave shape and a plurality of second air holes, the second barrel member being configured to rotate around an outer periphery of the first barrel member;

a moisture permeable member formed in a sheet shape and arranged at a position covering the concave portion or the plurality of second air holes of the second barrel member; and

a rotation operation member arranged on the second barrel member in a fixed manner and configured to rotate together with the second barrel member,

wherein the moisture permeable member has a predetermined width and arranged over substantially an entire circumference of the second barrel member, and even in a case where the second barrel member rotates by the rotation operation member, outside air comes into an inside of the first barrel member through the first air hole, the moisture permeable member, and the second air holes, or air inside the first barrel member which moves by a movement of a lens is discharged to outside.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of second air holes has a cross-section in a tapering shape on a cross-section in an optical axis direction of the lens so that an area of an outer periphery side opening is set larger than an area of an inner periphery side opening.

3. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of second air holes has a cross-section in a tapering shape on a cross-section in an optical axis direction of the lens so that an area of an outer periphery side opening is set larger than an area of an inner periphery side opening, and

the moisture permeable member is arranged on a bottom surface of the concave portion so as to cover the outer periphery side opening of each of the plurality of second air holes.

4. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of second air holes has a cross-section in a tapering shape on a cross-section in an optical axis direction of the lens so that an area of an outer periphery side opening is set larger than an area of an inner periphery side opening, and

the moisture permeable member is arranged so as to cover the inner periphery side opening of each of the plurality of second air holes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058294/0274 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE Recorded Jul 29, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043937/0753 →