Lens barrel and imaging device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11594985
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17324587

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A lens barrel includes: an electromechanical conversion element; an elastic body having a joining surface, a drive surface, and grooves; a motion member rotating by vibration wave of the drive surface; a rotating ring having a recess part and rotating by rotation of the motion member; a moving ring engaged to the recess part and moving to an optical axis direction by rotation of the rotating ring; and a lens held in the moving ring; wherein the element is made of a material having sodium potassium niobate, potassium niobate, sodium niobate or barium titanate, wherein a value of T/(B+C) is within a range of from 1.3 to 2.8 when: length from the drive surface to a base unit of the groove is defined as T; length from the base unit of the groove to the joining surface is defined as B; and thickness of the element is defined as C.

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NIKON CORPORATIONTOKYO 140-8601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ashizawa, Takatoshi Yokohama, JP 42 276
Muto, Azusa Kawasaki, JP 5 2

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