Patents by Inventor Masao Matsugae

Masao Matsugae 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).

  • Publication number: 20070002469
    Abstract: A lens barrel is provided with: a fixed barrel including a first straight guide; a cam cylinder supported by the fixed barrel and including a cam groove formed on an internal circumference of the can cylinder; a front cylinder including a lens, a can pin for being engaged with the cam groove, and at least three extended portions formed by partly extending an end surface of the front cylinder; and a straight guide member engaged with the first straight guide. When the lens barrel reaches a second state from a first state, an end surface of each of the extended portions is positioned closer to the image plane side than an object side surface of a predefined region of the straight guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Masao Matsugae