ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,725, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Lens apparatus" was invented by Atsuto Noda (Tokyo), Taro Murakami (Tokyo), Kiyoshi Nitto (Saitama, Japan), Takumi Uehara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroki Ito (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens apparatus includes a lens disposed closest to an object, a holder holding the lens, a cover having a first opening to expose the lens when viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens and being positioned with the holder in the optical axis direction, and an exterior member having a second opening to engage with an outer diameter of the cover. A first gap in a di...