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Title:
OPTICAL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004053687
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an optical unit having advantages such as feasibility of rapid and exact assembly, and easy adjustment, maintenance and control after assembly, and an electronic camera provided with such optical unit.

The optical unit is provided with a first unit (light quantity adjusting unit SU) having a first case member 100 for housing an optical member (21), a light quantity adjusting mechanism 30, and an actuator 60 for light quantity adjustment, and a second unit (lens unit LU) having a second case member 200 for housing a lens group 22 and a lens driving actuator 70. The first unit (SU) and the second unit (LU) are mainly characterized in that both can be freely attachably and detachably coupled to and from each other by a coupling means CM disposed between the first case member 100 and the second case member 200.


Inventors:
SAITO SHOICHI
SAKANO HIROMICHI
Application Number:
JP2002207464A
Publication Date:
February 19, 2004
Filing Date:
July 16, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP
International Classes:
G02B7/02; G03B9/00; G03B9/08; G03B17/02; G03B17/17; H04N5/225; H04N101/00; (IPC1-7): G03B17/02; G03B17/17; H04N5/225
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Sadao Muramatsu
Atsushi Tsuboi
Satoshi Kono
Tetsuya Kazama