Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lead screw device, lens driver, lens barrel, and camera using the lead screw device
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Application No.: US14280977Application Date: 2014-05-19
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Publication No.: US09726849B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Daisuke Terahara , Takehide Ohno , Terunori Koyama
- Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2013-108483 20130523
- Main IPC: G02B7/04
- IPC: G02B7/04 ; G02B7/10

Abstract:
A lead screw device includes a lead screw including a thread portion, and a driven body which engages with the thread portion, and moves in an axis direction of the lead screw along with rotation of the lead screw about an axis, the driven body including a pair of driven members disposed to sandwich the lead screw in a radial direction, wherein the pair of driven members is biased in a direction which sandwiches the lead screw in the radial direction, and a tooth portion provided in each of the driven members engages with the thread portion of the lead screw by a biasing force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140347753A1 LEAD SCREW DEVICE, LENS DRIVER, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA USING THE LEAD SCREW DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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