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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116012 | Magnetic device and lens drive device A magnetic device may include a coil wound body having a first coil winding face and a second coil winding face in an axial direction, a coil wound around the first coil winding face and the second coil winding face, and a coil winding start part and a coil winding ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8072691 | Lens module having intercoupling slits and restricting members An exemplary lens barrel includes an accommodating member having a cylinder, a lens barrel, a holder for fixing the accommodating member, and a resilient member. The cylinder has a plurality of stepwise slits each having an end exposed at an underside surface thereo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7920336 | Barrier mechanism and camera A barrel includes a through-hole through which an interlocking lever passes, the interlocking lever provided on a barrier drive member to receive a rotational force. The barrier drive member includes a flange portion in a circumferential direction. The flange portio... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7872810 | Light shielding structure of an optical device A light shielding structure of an optical device includes outer and inner annular members which move relative to each other in an axial direction, small and large diameter outer peripheral portions formed on the inner annular member, and a light shielding ring posit... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864448 | Lens device A lens device includes a seat unit having an image sensing component, a first barrel unit, a first lens module coupled to the first barrel unit, and a second lens module mounted on the seat unit. When the first barrel unit moves toward the seat unit along an optical... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7835086 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus The positioning of the first through the third lenses in the optical axis direction is performed in the state that the optical axes are aligned by press-fitting the outer circumference surfaces of the first through the third lenses of the second lens group respectiv... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7787194 | Adjustable lens mounting assembly An adjustable lens mounting assembly has a detent system which provides a defined vertical movement of a lens per detent index. A calibration of a lens during assembly of an image sensor is therefore achieved with no moving parts, and generation of foreign material ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7760443 | Zoom lens device A zoom lens device is reduced in size and capable of zoom operation with the number of steps large enough to display the value as a zoom lens. The zoom lens device comprises lens system (A) with a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arrange... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7724449 | Lens drive device and coil winding method A lens drive device may include a movable body, a support body supporting the movable body through a spring member, and a magnetic drive mechanism provided with a coil. The movable body includes a coil winding part, end parts for restricting a range of the coil wind... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7652830 | Lens barrel and photographing apparatus A lens barrel is provided with: a first movable frame and a second movable frame of a plurality of movable frames that are coaxially disposed to be movable back and forth to a stationary main frame and are inserted telescopically into the stationary frame; and two U... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7561345 | Method for fabricating lens unit, lens unit and imaging apparatus The present invention provides a method for fabricating a lens unit in which an inter-barrel member can be fixed with a high degree of accuracy without enlarging the lens barrels and the accuracy of the dimension of the inter-barrel member is not required. The metho... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551369 | Lens barrel and optical apparatus A lens barrel includes: first and second movable lens units; first and second drive sources for moving the first and second movable lens units in a direction parallel to an optical axis, respectively; guide members for each retaining the first and second movable len... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7518808 | Diaphragm device A diaphragm device is provided and includes: a diaphragm mechanism having a diaphragm vane and a diaphragm frame receiving the diaphragm vane; a diaphragm-mechanism cover fixed to a lens barrel to which the diaphragm mechanism is attached, the diaphragm-mechanism co... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7480104 | Lens device A lens device includes a base unit, a rotatable barrel component, a press plate, and a lens unit. The base unit includes a base plate, and a stationary barrel component connected to the base plate and extending there from a long an axis. The rotatable barrel compone... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7423824 | Actuator, optical apparatus using actuator, and method of manufacturing actuator An actuator includes a holder having a movement hole, a lens barrel which moves within the movement hole, and driving means for driving the lens barrel. Each of the driving means is provided with driving members composed of an artificial muscle. The lens barrel can ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423823 | Lens barrel A lens barrel component includes a lens holding member for holding a lens and a supporting member supporting the lens holding member. The lens barrel component is molded using a composite material containing at least clay and a thermoplastic resin. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417805 | Camera device An exemplary camera device includes a barrel holder having a first central axis, a barrel having a second central axis, an image sensor disposed in the barrel holder, and at least one lens disposed in the barrel. The barrel is engaged in the barrel holder. The barre... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408721 | Zoom lens A zoom lens includes a housing, a rotatable adjustment member, a spring member and a lens barrel. The rotatable adjustment member has a ring body rotatably coupled to an inner bottom surface of the housing in such a manner that the ring body is axially moveable rela... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401987 | Photographing lens having an eccentricity adjusting device A photographing lens includes an eccentricity adjusting frame which holds an eccentricity adjusting lens group serving as a part of a photographing optical system of the photographing lens; a lens support frame, an axis of which is coincident with a predetermined op... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396167 | Lens retracting structure A lens retracting structure includes a housing, an image-forming lens set moveably supported on two parallel guide rods inside the housing, and a driving mechanism for moving the image-forming lens set along the parallel guide rods between a first position and a sec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397611 | Image capturing apparatus, image composing method and storage medium In a digital camera 1, when the halfway depression operation of the shutter button is detected, the lens position which is in focus for each capture area is detected and stored. On the other hand, when instruction to record is detected, intensity of light is ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397618 | Lens device A lens device includes a focus lens unit mounted movably to a base, first and second lens units mounted in a main barrel, and a resilient light blocking sheet connected to the focus driving unit. The first and second lens units are movable in the in the main barrel ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394600 | Lens barrel The lens barrel includes a second group frame forwardly/backwardly movable, which is provided with plural pairs of cam followers, a first cam unit as a rotatable frame member that allows switching of engagement with the cam follower, and includes plural pairs of cam... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391965 | Lens apparatus and image-taking apparatus A lens apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of keeping the engagement of a protruding portion of a first member and a cam groove portion of a second member even if an external force acts on the apparatus. The lens apparatus comprises: a first member including fi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382553 | Lens barrel, camera and portable information terminal A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder accommodated within a fixed cylinder, and lenses retained in the telescopic cylinder. The lens barrel includes lens retaining frames to retain at least one of the lenses and a lens driving device to drive the lens retain... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382554 | Optical spacer with extendable travelling length of images for camera system A spacer for extending an image from a lens assembly of a camera comprises a hollow tube having a front engaging portion capable of being connected to the lens assembly and a rear engaging portion capable of being connected to the camera body; and a first lens insta... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372638 | Lens barrel There is disclosed a lens barrel including a fixed frame, a rotary frame rotatable with respect to the fixed frame to advance or retract in an optical axis direction, and a rectilinear guide frame rotatable relative to the rotary frame to displace integrally with th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365915 | Optical module An exemplary optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (20), a lens group (40), a spacer (60), and a filter (80). The lens barrel has an inner wall (201), and at least two securing grooves (206) formed on the inner ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362513 | Serration apparatus for portable terminal Disclosed is a serration apparatus for a portable terminal mounted in a camera lens module of the portable terminal having a serration module. The serration apparatus includes a first serration gearing; a second serration gearing mounted on the camera lens module an... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352516 | Lens apparatus and camera A lens apparatus is disclosed which allows a reduced overall length when it is put into a barrel body while a high magnification of taken images is realized. The lens apparatus includes a first holding member which holds a first lens unit; a second holding member wh... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345827 | Lens barrel An improved lens barrel and related methods are provided. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a lens barrel includes a housing comprising a first section having a first diameter and a second section having a second diameter. A fir... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339751 | Lens barrel and photographing apparatus A lens barrel includes a straight-moving cylinder including a lens group therein, being movable in a direction of an optical axis of the lens group without being rotated, and having a depression on a posterior end portion of the straight-moving cylinder; a guide pin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339756 | Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a focus lens frame, first and second shafts, a rack member, a lead screw and a spring member. One or more lenses are attached to the focus lens frame. The first and second guide shafts are arranged parallel to an optical axis of one or... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321472 | Optical apparatus such as digital still camera, video camera, and interchangeable lens An optical apparatus having a first member and a second member rotating about an optical axis with respect to the first member. One of the members has a cam portion; the other has a cam follower portion engaged with the cam portion which drives the first and second ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321471 | Lens barrel and lens system The invention is directed to a lens barrel and a compact lens system incorporating the lens barrel where notches defined in a cam barrel to serve as bolt holes and disengage the studs are reduced in dimensions both along and around the optical axis, thereby ensuring... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304811 | Optical module An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (10), a lens (201), and a clip (50). The lens barrel has a groove (104) defined in an inner periphery thereof. The lens is engagingly received in the lens barrel. The clip is received ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295390 | Lens actuating device, camera module and portable electronic equipment Power from a focusing motor (14) is transmitted via a gear (35a) to a focusing lead screw (15) so that a first lens holder (4) is moved in a direction of an optical axis. Power from a zooming motor (10) is transmitted via a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7259921 | Adjustable object lens device An adjustable object lens device includes an outer barrel, a rotary component coupled movably to the outer barrel, an object lens unit disposed movably in the outer barrel, a decorative unit coupled to the rotary component, and a limiting unit. The limiting unit inc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259924 | Microscope objective with axially adjustable correction mounts A microscope objective has axially adjustable correction mounts for adapting to different parameters influencing the imaging quality. The axial adjustment of the correction mounts relative to a stationary barrel is realized by an adjusting ring arranged on the outer... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259923 | Lens barrel A lens barrel, including, a moving frame (2) to hold a lens (8), a direct-advance ring (4) provided on an outer periphery of the moving frame and movable relative to the moving frame in an optical direction, a resilient member (6) provide... | 08/21/2007 |
