ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,599, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Apparatus and image pickup apparatus" was invented by Mitsuhiro Isaka (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a lens, a holder, and a retainer. The lens is held with the lens being pressed against the holder by the retainer in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens. The lens includes a first outer periphery, a second outer periphery, a first contact portion in contact with the holder, and a second contact portion in contact with the retainer. In a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, the first outer periphery, the first contact...