摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera assembly which requires neither access to a wide range nor a complicated tool in adjusting a lens in a factory and where the lens is moved along an optical axis so that a focus at one position is adjusted independently of a focus at another position. SOLUTION: The camera assembly has a mount that defines the optical axis. A lens barrel has a main portion and a track portion protruding outwardly from the main portion. The lens barrel is movable along the optical axis between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the mount. The lens barrel is non-rotatable about the optical axis. A guide extends forward from the mount. The travel stop is mounted to the guide. The travel stop has a skid that is spirally sloped about the optical axis. The track portion defines a segment of the skid that is aligned with the track portion in a direction parallel to the optical axis and abuts on the track portion in the extended position of the lens barrel. The segment can be shifted helically along the skid by pivoting the travel stop about the optical axis. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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