ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,540, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Driving apparatus and lens apparatus having the same" was invented by Toshimune Nagano (Saitama, Japan), Yuichiro Kato (Tochigi, Japan), Masayasu Mizushima (Tochigi, Japan), Akino Moriyoshi (Tochigi, Japan) and Toru Matsumoto (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving apparatus includes a shift barrel, a first guide unit including a first rolling member, a second guide unit including a second rolling member, a first movable member movable in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction movable in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis ...