US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on May 26 for "Lens mechanism and lens device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,655, issued on May 26, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Lens mechanism and 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 mechanism includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a movement member that is connected to the lens holding member and that moves in an optical axis direction, and a guide shaft that guides movement of the movement member. The movement member includes a bearing portion into which the guide shaft is inserted. The bearing portion includes a first portion and a second portion. The firs...