US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 6 for "Optical apparatus and imaging apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,391, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical apparatus and imaging apparatus" was invented by Hyochoru Tanaka (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus comprises a first holding member configured to hold a first engaging member, a second holding member configured to hold a second engaging member, a biasing member configured to bias the first engaging member and the second engaging member in a direction in which the first engaging member and the second engaging member are separated from each other by one of the biasing members abutting on a first abutting portion provided on the first ho...