ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,694, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Lens barrel" was invented by Yuta Yasutake (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present invention, a lens barrel includes a first lens holding frame, a second lens holding frame, and a sheet member configured to be sandwiched between the first lens holding frame and the second lens holding frame, wherein the second lens holding frame is provided with at least two first nip portions, wherein the first lens holding frame is provided with at least two second nip portions, wherein the sheet member is provided with first sheet portions and second s...