US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Aug. 4 for "Lens device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,246, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Lens device" was invented by Nobuyuki Kondo (Saitama, Japan), Mitsuhiko Oka (Saitama, Japan) and Toshiaki Ezawa (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens device includes a lens mechanism, a movement mechanism that includes a movement member moving the lens mechanism, and a braking mechanism that generates a braking force with respect to movement of the movement member. The braking mechanism includes a braking member that includes a pressing surface pressing a pressing target surface of the movement member, a support member that supports the braking member, and...