Patent ID: 9625672
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a first member including a holding member, the holding member configured to hold a lens; a second member configured to surround the first member; an imaging device arranged opposite to the first member and the lens; a driving member arranged in a region adjacent to the first member and configured to drive the first member in the vertical direction relative to the imaging device; and a housing configured to surround the first member, the second member, the driving member, and the imaging device, wherein the first member includes at least a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first outer diameter and the second portion having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter, the first and second portions respectively having a first corner and a second corner, the first and second corners respectively having a first cutout portion and a second cutout portion, at least a portion of the driving member is disposed at a region corresponding to the second portion, and an inner surface of the housing contacts an outer surface of the imaging device at a first point and an outer surface of the driving member at a second point, where an inner dimension of the housing is the same at the first point as at the second point.