Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Aoki
Nobuaki Aoki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6970303Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6970299Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6967788Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6967789Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6967785Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6967787Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Patent number: 6967786Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050231832Abstract: There is provided a collapsible lens barrel including plural barrels of different outside diameter from one another and enabled to move coaxially and perform relative movement in an axial direction, and an image-capturing optical system disposed within the plural barrels; wherein the image-capturing optical system includes at least two lens holding frames arranged in a direction of an optical axis of the image-capturing optical system; and, considering an object side is set as a front side and an opposite side is set as a rear side, each of a rearmost lens holding frame, placed at a rearmost position, and one of the lens holding frames placed immediately in front of the rearmost lens holding frame, are respectively movably supported by a corresponding guide mechanism to move in the direction of the optical axis and to move in the direction of the optical axis by a corresponding drive mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuaki Aoki, Atsuya Ishii
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Patent number: 6950244Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050200975Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195497Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195498Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195495Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195496Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195494Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050195499Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050185290Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050185292Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050185293Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama
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Publication number: 20050185294Abstract: This prevents biting and miniaturizes an entire mechanism. There is provided a lens driver including: a driver having a frame that holds a lens and a bearing for receiving a guiding axis to move the lens in an optical axis direction, a lead screw in which a screw to which a nut is screwed is formed, and a stepping motor for rotating the lead screw; an arm extended from the frame, in such a way a tip being next to the nut, and moving the frame by movement of the nut; a spring for pushing an arm tip towards the nut; and an idle rotation section placed on only side where the arm is placed for the nut at a lead screw end of the driver, and has an axis diameter disabling the nut to be screwed. Also there is provided an image capture apparatus having the lens driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Makii, Nobuaki Aoki, Hiroto Ogiyama