Apparatus and image pickup apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12504599-B2
Application number	US-202117462571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	Sep 7, 2020
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus includes a lens, a holder, and a retainer. The lens is held with the lens being pressed against the holder by the retainer in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens. The lens includes a first outer periphery, a second outer periphery, a first contact portion in contact with the holder, and a second contact portion in contact with the retainer. In a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, the first outer periphery, the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged farther away from the optical axis than the second outer periphery. The holder is configured to hold the lens such that the holder is fitted to the second outer periphery and is not in contact with the first outer periphery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
a lens; a holder; and a retainer, wherein the lens is held with the lens being pressed against the holder by the retainer in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens, wherein the lens includes a first outer periphery, a second outer periphery, a first contact portion in contact with the holder, and a second contact portion in contact with the retainer, wherein in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, the first outer periphery, the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged farther away from the optical axis than the second outer periphery, wherein the holder is configured to hold the lens such that the holder is fitted to the second outer periphery and is not in contact with the first outer periphery, and
wherein the holder includes a first pressed portion configured to be pressed toward a direction orthogonal to the optical axis by a pressing member in an accessory to be attached to an outside of the holder, and
wherein the accessory urges the pressing member against the first pressed portion including a recessed portion in the holder.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an external diameter of the second outer periphery is larger than a smaller one of a diameter of a first optical surface of the lens and a diameter of a second optical surface of the lens.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion have respective portions whose diameters with respect to the optical axis equal to each other.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressed portion includes a groove portion.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holder includes a second pressed portion configured to be pressed in a direction toward the optical axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by a tool to be attached to an outside of the holder in order to perform eccentricity adjustment of the holder.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second pressed portion includes a protruding portion.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first outer periphery and the first pressed portion have respective portions which overlap with each other in the direction parallel to the optical axis.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second outer periphery and the first pressed portion have respective portions which overlap with each other in the direction parallel to the optical axis.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the direction parallel to the optical axis, one end of a fitting portion fitted to the holder in the second outer periphery overlaps with the first pressed portion, and the other end of the fitting portion does not overlap with the first pressed portion.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the direction parallel to the optical axis, a fitting portion fitted to the holder in the second outer periphery does not overlap with the first pressed portion.

11 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:
the apparatus of claim 1 ; and an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the apparatus.

12 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein an external diameter of the second outer periphery is larger than a smaller one of a diameter of a first optical surface of the lens and a diameter of a second optical surface of the lens.

13 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion have respective portions whose diameters with respect to the optical axis equal to each other.

14 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the holder includes a first pressed portion configured to be pressed in a direction toward the optical axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by a pressing member in an accessory to be attached to an outside of the holder.

15 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the holder includes a second pressed portion configured to be pressed in a direction toward the optical axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by a tool to be attached to an outside of the holder in order to perform eccentricity adjustment of the holder.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Isaka Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G02B7/023 Primary

  permitting adjustment · CPC title