ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,044, issued on July 8, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus" was invented by Shuhei Ono (Tokyo) and Kosuke Nozaki (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens apparatus includes a lens unit and a fixed member engaged with the lens unit. A position of the lens unit relative to the fixed member is adjustable in an optical axis direction by rotating the lens unit relative to the fixed member about an optical axis. The lens unit includes a holding member configured to hold the lens and engaged with the fixed member, and a press member engaged with the holding member and configured to press ...