Image stabilizing apparatus that corrects image blur caused by hand shake, lens barrel, and optical apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9436017
APP PUB NO 20120120492A1
SERIAL NO

13291909

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An image stabilizing apparatus includes a fixed member, a shift member that holds an image stabilizing lens and are movable in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a plurality of shift drivers that are disposed at positions different from each other in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a gel that is held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a protrusion that is provided on the other one of the shift member and the fixed member. Each of the plurality of shift drivers includes a magnet held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, a coil that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a yoke that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a portion of the protrusion is immersed in the gel.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sato, Takehiko Utsunomiya, JP 69 494

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