Patent ID: 8654460
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A lens barrel, comprising: an optical system forming an optical image of a subject; a tube supporting at least one lens included in the optical system; a fixed member disposed on an outer peripheral side of the tube, the fixed member including a wall formed along an outer peripheral face of the tube; a protrusion disposed on the outer peripheral side of the tube, the protrusion maintaining the relative position to the fixed member; an electrical part disposed on an inner peripheral side of the tube; and a flexible printed cable electrically connected to the electrical part, the tube incorporated into the fixed member by being moved in a specific direction, the wall including a slit with an inclination of 45 degrees or less with respect to the specific direction, the slit being open at one end in the specific direction, the flexible printed cable guided to an inner face of the wall and pulled out through the slit to outside of the fixed member, and the flexible printed cable sandwiched between the inner face of the wall and the protrusion.