ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,842, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NITTOH INC. (Nagano, Japan).
"Lens barrel" was invented by Atsuro Yajima (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens barrel is provided with an adjustment mechanism and the adjustment mechanism has a fixed side hole part, a cam-side hole par, a driving transmission part that is provided on the outer peripheral side of a movable lens holding frame in the same straight line as the fixed side hole part and the cam-side hole part in a state where these hole parts are aligned, an inner peripheral engagement part that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a fixed lens holding frame, an...