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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Nagaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyasu Kotani, Tokyo, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, body-side terminal group above an upper side of an image sensor and a first to fourth body-side claws. The second body-side claw extends in circumferential direction with a center angle and is located outside the body-side terminal group. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminal group, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws in proper attachment of the interchangeable lens. The four body-side claws are disposed in four regions divided by first and second body-side lines in relation to the arc-shaped body-side terminal group. The interchangeable lens is inserted to the camera body and rotated by a first angle for attaching and the terminals of the camera body and the interchangeable lens are connected. The center angle of the second body-side claw is smaller than the first.