US Patent Issued to Canon on Jan. 27 for "Lens device, with optical device, imaging device, imaging system, and movable apparatus incorporating same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,007, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Lens device, with optical device, imaging device, imaging system, and movable apparatus incorporating same" was invented by Kento Saito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens device includes a lens barrel, a retaining member, a biased portion, and an elastic member. The lens barrel accommodates a plurality of lenses. The retaining member is in contact with at least one of the plurality of lenses. The biased portion is fixed to the retaining member. The elastic member is disposed between the biased portion and the lens barrel in an optical axis direction. The ...