US 12,393,106 B2
Lens apparatus and imaging apparatus
Katsumi Ohmori, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,427.
Application 17/835,427 is a continuation of application No. 16/207,248, filed on Dec. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,385,528.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-234296 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299847 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 17/561 (2013.01) [G03B 17/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens apparatus comprising:
a lens barrel configured to hold a lens; and
a supporting member configured to support the lens barrel rotatably around an optical axis, and including:
a rolling bearing that contacts the lens barrel;
a shaft member engaged with the rolling bearing;
a holding member configured to hold the shaft member; and
a biasing member configured to bias the holding member that causes the holding member to contact the shaft member and bias the rolling bearing against the lens barrel in a biasing direction of the biasing member,
wherein the rolling bearing and the holding member are arranged at a distance from each other.