Lens barrel and imaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320627-B2
Application number	US-202017022709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2020
Priority date	Jun 2, 2017
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A lens barrel including a first lens, an actuator that drives the first lens, a first barrel that holds a first cam follower and the actuator and moves in an optical axis direction, a second lens, and a second barrel that holds a second cam follower and the second lens and moves in the optical axis direction, the second barrel having a first hole portion in which the first cam follower is disposed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lens barrel comprising:
a first lens;
an actuator that drives the first lens;
a first barrel that holds the actuator and moves in an optical axis direction, the first barrel including a cam follower;
a second lens;
a third lens; and
a second barrel that holds the second lens and the third lens, the second barrel including a first hole portion in which the cam follower is disposed, the first hole portion being disposed between the second lens and the third lens in the optical axis direction.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein the first barrel is disposed at an inner circumferential side of the second barrel.

3. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third barrel including a cam groove that engages with the cam follower.

4. The lens barrel according to claim 3 , wherein the third barrel rotates according to a zoom operation.

5. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first hole portion in the optical axis direction is based on an amount of movement of the first barrel with respect to the second barrel.

6. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control unit that controls the actuator; and
a connecting portion that electrically connects the actuator to the control unit, wherein
the second barrel includes a second hole portion in which the connecting portion is disposed.

7. The lens barrel according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a fixed barrel that holds the control unit and includes a third hole portion in which the connecting portion is disposed.

8. The lens barrel according to claim 7 , wherein the fixed barrel includes a rectilinear groove in which the cam follower is disposed.

9. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein
the first barrel includes a first engaging portion having a length in the optical axis direction, and
the second barrel includes a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion.

10. The lens barrel according to claim 9 , wherein the first engaging portion is a protruding shape or a depressed shape extending in the optical axis direction.

11. The lens barrel according to claim 9 , wherein the actuator is disposed between the cam follower and the first engaging portion in a circumferential direction about the optical axis.

12. The lens barrel according to claim 1 , wherein
the second lens is located at one end of the second barrel in the optical axis direction, and
the third lens is located at another end of the second barrel in the optical axis direction.

13. An imaging device comprising:
the lens barrel according to claim 1 ; and
a main body including an imaging device.

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Sakai Takahiro
• Ihara Yuji

Classifications

• G03B2205/0046

  Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming · CPC title

• G02B7/04

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G02B7/102 Primary

  controlled by a microcomputer (cameras with interchangeable lenses G03B17/14) · CPC title

• G02B15/145 Primary

  having five groups only · CPC title

• G02B7/08

  adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism · CPC title