Mirror drive device equipped in image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10317780
APP PUB NO 20180031953A1
SERIAL NO

15657708

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A mirror drive device capable of achieving high responsiveness and driving stability, and suppressing mirror bounce. The mirror drive device includes a mirror box. A main mirror holder has a main mirror rotating shaft rotatably supported by the mirror box, and rotatably holds a main mirror between a mirror-down position and a mirror-up position, A sub mirror holder has a sub mirror rotating shaft rotatably supported by the mirror box, and rotatably holds a sub mirror between a mirror-down position and a mirror-up position. The main mirror holder and the sub mirror holder are connected by at least one connecting member. A drive member is engaged with the connecting member, and is driven for rotation by a motor. The sub mirror holder is directly driven by the drive member, and the main mirror holder is driven by the drive member via the connecting member.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mikami, Natsu Kawasaki, JP 3 1

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