Lens barrel and imaging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11971602-B2
Application number	US-202017117640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2020
Priority date	Jun 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

There are provided a lens barrel and an imaging device that can fix a movable member to a stationary frame without providing a member for fixing the movable member. The lens barrel includes a first motor (56) that drives a third front lens group-holding frame (24B) by first magnets (56A) provided on the third front lens group-holding frame (24B) and a first coil (56C), and a second motor (58) that drives a fourth lens group-movable holding frame (26B) by second coils (58A) provided on the fourth lens group-movable holding frame (26B) and second magnets (58B) provided on a fourth lens group base-holding frame (26A) fixed to the stationary barrel (12) and the cam barrel (14). The third front lens group-holding frame (24B) is fixed by a magnetic force between the first magnets (56A) and inner and outer yokes (58C, 58D) provided on the fourth lens group base-holding frame (26A) in a case where the application of current to the first coil (56C) is stopped.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens barrel comprising:
a stationary frame including a first frame body and a second frame body;
a first movable frame that is configured to hold a first optical member and is supported by the first frame body so as to be movable in a direction of an optical axis of the first optical member;
a first drive unit including a first magnet provided to the first movable frame and a first coil provided to the first frame body, the first drive unit configured to move the first movable frame in the direction of the optical axis of the first optical member;
a second movable frame that is configured to hold a second optical member and is supported by the second frame body so as to be movable in a direction of an optical axis of the second optical member or in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the second optical member; and
a second drive unit including a second coil provided to the second movable frame, and a second magnet provided to the second frame body and a yoke which is made of magnetic body and fixed to the second magnet, the second drive unit configured to move the second movable frame in the direction of the optical axis of the second optical member or in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the second optical member,
wherein, in a case where the first movable frame is moved to a moving end close to the second drive unit and application of current to the first coil is stopped, the first movable frame is fixed at the moving end by a magnetic force between the first magnet provided to the first movable frame and the yoke provided to the second frame body,
the second movable frame is a barrel body that is supported by the stationary frame so as to be movable in the direction of the optical axis of the second optical member and has a cavity on a side thereof facing the first movable frame, and
the first movable frame enters the cavity of the second movable frame in a case where the first movable frame is moved to the moving end close to the second drive unit.

2. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first drive unit is a moving magnet type voice coil motor and the second drive unit is a moving coil type voice coil motor.

3. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second movable frame is supported by the stationary frame so as to be movable in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the second optical member, and
the second optical member is a camera shake-correcting lens.

4. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first movable frame is a barrel body, and
a plurality of the first magnets are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of the first movable frame.

5. The lens barrel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second movable frame includes a balance weight on a side thereof facing the first movable frame,
the balance weight is formed of a magnetic body, and
the second movable frame is fixed by a magnetic force between the first magnet and the balance weight in a case where application of current to the first coil is stopped.

6. An imaging device comprising:
the lens barrel according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Shinji
• Kaneko Yukihiro

Classifications

• G02B7/08 Primary

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

• G02B7/09

  adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title

• H02K41/0354

  Lorentz force motors, e.g. voice coil motors · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title