Patent ID: 11892752
Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A camera, comprising:
a housing having a front surface with an opening;
a frame accommodated in the housing; and
a lens barrel accommodating at least one lens,
wherein the lens barrel includes
a stationary cylinder including a base fastened to the frame and a cylindrical wall extending in an axial direction from the base,
an extendable unit located radially inward from the cylindrical wall of the stationary cylinder, the extendable unit being extendable in the axial direction through the opening in the housing,
a drive cylinder configured to cause the extendable unit to extend and retract, the drive cylinder including a first cylindrical portion rotatable between the cylindrical wall of the stationary cylinder and an inner circumferential edge of the opening in the housing, and
a cover cylinder covering the inner circumferential edge of the opening in the housing and the first cylindrical portion of the drive cylinder, the cover cylinder being rotatable relative to the stationary cylinder together with the drive cylinder.