US Patent Issued to CANON on Feb. 17 for "Lens mount and lens apparatus having the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,091, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Lens mount and lens apparatus having the same" was invented by Yusuke Fujiwara (Tokyo), Taro Murakami (Tokyo), Kiyoshi Nitto (Saitama, Japan) and Yosuke Fukai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens mount is configured to enable a lens apparatus that includes a first optical system and a second optical system to be attached to and detached from an image pickup apparatus. The lens mount includes a cover member having a first opening for the first optical system and a second opening for the second optical system, and a filter member movable between a first stat...