US Patent Issued to Canon on July 22 for "Optical apparatus and image pickup apparatus having the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,958, issued on July 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical apparatus and image pickup apparatus having the same" was invented by Hiroki Osaka (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens apparatus comprises a second lens holding frame configured to hold a second lens unit, two shaft members configured to hold the second lens holding frame movably along an optical axis, a lens driving unit configured to drive the second lens holding frame along the optical axis, a shake correction unit configured to move a shake correction unit in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, and a main base configured to hold the lens dr...