Patent ID: 8295695

Claim:
A lens barrel comprising: a lens holding member that holds a plurality of lenses including at least a first lens and a rear lens, in which the rear lens is the lens of the plurality of lenses located furthest away from the first lens; a drive coil attached to an outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member; a magnet attached to face the drive coil; a barrel member in which the lens holding member is disposed; a cover member attached to the barrel member such that the first lens of the plurality of lenses on a light incident side of the lens holding member faces to an outside, wherein the cover member is magnetic, and the magnet is directly attached to the cover member at a position facing the drive coil, wherein a diameter of the rear lens is larger than that of the first lens, wherein the outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member to which the drive coil is attached is configured such that at least a part of the drive coil attached thereto is inward of an outer periphery of the rear lens.