ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,162, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Lens barrel and imaging device" was invented by Nobuyuki Kondo (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens barrel has a dial operation member that adjusts an optical function of an imaging optical system, a restriction operation member having a first inclined surface inclined with respect to a movement direction from a release position toward a restriction position, and a cam member provided between the restriction operation member and the dial operation member and having a second inclined surface. In a case where the restriction operation member is moved to the...