Patent ID: 7632027
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G03B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An optical apparatus comprising: a first member and a second member which constitute a lens barrel for accommodating a lens; and a connecting member which connects the first and second members together, wherein the connecting member is formed of a plate-like member placed along outer surfaces of the first and second members, is elastically deformed when the connecting member is attached to the first and second members, and pulls the first and second members in and connects them with elastic force caused by the elastic deformation; and wherein a portion of the connecting member that allows the elastic force to act on at least one of the first and second members has two oblique surfaces inclined by the same angle with respect to an axis such that the oblique surfaces are symmetric with respect to the axis, the axis extending in parallel with a direction in which the first and second member are pulled in.