Patent ID: 7412160

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens barrel; a lens holding frame made movable in an optical axis direction inside the lens barrel; a movable lens held in the lens holding frame; a yoke inserted into the lens barrel from one side in the optical axis direction and attached to the lens barrel in a fitted state; a magnet attached to the yoke; and a driving coil that is attached to the lens holding frame and located to be opposed to the magnet at least in a part thereof and gives propulsion in a direction corresponding to a direction of a supplied driving current to the lens holding frame, wherein a pair of first fitting sections that are spaced apart in the optical axis direction and a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the yoke and fit the yoke therein is provided in the lens barrel, a pair of second fitting sections that are spaced apart in the optical axis direction and the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the yoke and fit the yoke therein is provided in the lens barrel further on a side of a direction of insertion of the yoke into the lens barrel than the first fitting sections, an interval between the first fitting sections is set larger than an interval between the second fitting sections, and a distance from the optical axis to the respective first fitting sections is set larger than a distance from the optical axis to the respective second fitting sections.