Patent attributes
A light shielding structure of a lens barrel including an inner ring and an outer ring, wherein the inner ring includes a through cutout portion, the light shielding structure including an inner flange wall provided with the inner ring; a first annular groove formed on an inner surface of the inner flange wall; a second annular groove formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring; and a light shield ring, wherein the light shield ring includes a cylindrical portion centered about the optical axis, and an outer flange portion which extends radially outwards from a rear end of the cylindrical portion so that the cylindrical portion and the outer flange portion and inserted into the first and second annular grooves, respectively.