Patent ID: 7957073
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A lens apparatus comprising: a first lens unit and a second lens unit each of which is configured to move in an optical axis direction; a first cam tube that includes a first cam part and a second cam part respectively on an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, the first cam tube moving the first lens unit on the outer circumferential surface and the second lens unit on the inner circumferential surface respectively in the optical axis direction using the first and second cam parts as the first cam tube rotates around an optical axis; a linearly moving guide member that is arranged on an inner circumferential side of the first cam tube and configured to guide the first and second lens units in the optical axis direction; a guide member is configured to engage with the linearly moving guide member; and a third lens unit configured to move in the optical axis direction, wherein the linearly moving guide member guides the first and second lens units in the optical axis direction as the linearly moving guide member engages with the guide member and is prevented from rotating, wherein the first cam tube includes a third cam part formed on the inner circumferential surface of the first cam tube and configured to move the third lens unit in the optical axis direction, and wherein the linearly moving guide member guides the third lens unit in the optical axis direction.