ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,608, issued on June 10, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Optical apparatus capable of being miniaturized" was invented by Mitsuru Morohashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus which is capable of being miniaturized is provided. The optical apparatus includes a lens unit, a drive unit configured to include a base member, a shift member, and an urging member, a cylindrical body configured to support the drive unit, and a first coupling portion configured to be coupled with the urging member. A groove along a direction of an optical axis of the lens unit is provided inside the cylindrical body. The urging memb...