| US 7,532,413 B2 | ||
| Lens barrel | ||
| Chia-Hung Chen, Taipei Hsien (Taiwan); and Chin-Ching Wang, Taipei Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Premier Image Technology(China) Ltd., Foshan, Guangdong Province (China); and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, Taipei Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 18, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/959,433. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007 1 0201451 (CN), filed on Aug. 24, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0052054 A1, Feb. 26, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—700 [359/826; 359/827] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A lens barrel comprising:
a lens group having an optical axis associated therewith;
a fixed barrel with the lens group received therein, the fixed barrel having a plurality of projections extending radially
from the outer surface of the fixed barrel;
a rotatable barrel receiving the fixed barrel therein, the rotatable barrel being rotatable relative to the fixed barrel about
the optical axis, the rotatable barrel having an inner latching groove defined in the inner surface thereof and a plurality
of insertion cutouts defined in a distal edge of the rotatable barrel with the inner latching groove and communicating with
the latching groove, the projections insertable in the insertion cutouts and engaging in the latching groove for preventing
the rotatable barrel to move axially relative to the fixed barrel.
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