US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 14 for "Optical apparatus, image stabilization device, lens barrel, and image pickup apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,002, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical apparatus, image stabilization device, lens barrel, and image pickup apparatus" was invented by Toru Ishimasa (Kanagawa, Japan), Kohei Uemura (Tokyo), Masato Shiono (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kohei Uemura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus capable of adjusting a position of a lens with a simple configuration that enables miniaturization without deteriorating optical performance. Lens groups are arranged on an optical axis to be movable along the optical axis. A first shaft is arranged in parallel to the optical axis and has a fitting par...