Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With variable magnification
Patent
1996-11-26
1998-02-10
Nelms, David C.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With variable magnification
359703, 359704, G02B 1514
Patent
active
057175284
ABSTRACT:
A lens barrel includes a lens holding barrel holding a lens, a containing barrel containing the lens holding barrel therein, a plurality of inwardly directed projections provided on the inner peripheral surface of the containing barrel, and a plurality of groups of outwardly directed projections provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lens holding barrel, each of the plurality of groups of outwardly directed projections having the same number of outwardly directed projections as the number of the inwardly directed projections, the plurality of inwardly directed projections bearing against respective ones of the outwardly directed projections in one group at a time to position the optical axis to the lens, virtual circles circumscribed on the outwardly directed projections in the respective groups having the same size in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the centers of the virtual circles lying at different positions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5249082 (1993-09-01), Newman
patent: 5424873 (1995-06-01), Uziie et al.
Ihara Yuji
Imanari Hitoshi
Mack Ricky
Nelms David C.
Nikon Corporation
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