Patent ID: 8947787
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A lens barrel, comprising: a plurality of lens holding frames each comprising a cam follower; a cam barrel comprising a cam groove formed to engage with the cam follower; a straight guide barrel comprising a straight guide groove formed to engage with the cam follower, the plurality of lens holding frames being movable through rotation of the cam barrel; a first guide shaft and a second guide shaft, which are arranged parallel to an optical axis of the lens barrel and provided in one of at least one pair of adjacent lens holding frames among the plurality of lens holding frames, for guiding a movement of another of the adjacent lens holding frames in a direction of the optical axis; a first guide receiving hole that allows the first guide shaft to be inserted therethrough and is guided by the first guide shaft; a second guide receiving hole that allows the second guide shaft to be inserted therethrough and is guided by the second guide shaft, the first guide receiving hole and the second guide receiving hole being formed in the another of the adjacent lens holding frames; a first urging means of urging the one of the adjacent lens holding frames and the another of the adjacent lens holding frames in one of a direction of being spaced apart from each other along the direction of the optical axis and a direction of being brought close to each other along the direction of the optical axis; and a second urging means structured to apply an urging force to the another of the adjacent lens holding frames so as to rotate the another of the adjacent lens holding frames in a circumferential direction of the first guide shaft, wherein the first guide receiving hole is held in abutment against an entire circumference of the first guide shaft at two positions that are spaced apart from each other in the direction of the optical axis; the first guide shaft and the second guide shaft are arranged apart from each other in the circumferential direction about the optical axis; the first urging means comprises a coil spring inserted onto the second guide shaft, and the second receiving hole has an abutment surface abutting against the second guide shaft on a side of circumferential direction of the first guide shaft.