ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,788, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image pickup apparatus" was invented by Kosuke Nozaki (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes a sensor unit, a lens unit that includes a lens and a lens frame configured to hold the lens, a housing configured to hold the sensor unit and the lens unit, a cover portion configured to cover part of the lens, a first elastic body disposed between a groove portion provided in an outer diameter portion of the lens unit and an inner diameter portion of the housing, and a second elastic body disposed between the cover portion and the lens. In ...