US Patent Issued to CANON on July 7 for "Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus having the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,957, issued on July 7, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus having the same" was invented by Kenta Koiwai (Tochigi, Japan), Kenta Takai (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihiro Ogawa (Tokyo), Tadanori Okada (Tochigi, Japan) and Hyochoru Tanaka (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens barrel includes first and second holding members configured to hold first and second lens units movable in an optical axis direction, a transmission member configured to move the second holding member in the optical axis direction, a driving unit configured to move the transmission member in the optical axis directi...