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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Okano, Saitama, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromichi Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Shu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Hayasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhei Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shoe apparatus attachable to and detachable from an accessory shoe apparatus of an electronic apparatus in a first direction includes a plurality of connection terminals arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a shoe engagement portion engageable with the accessory shoe apparatus, and a terminal protecting portion configured to project from the shoe engagement portion toward a tip side in the first direction and to protect the plurality of connection terminals. The plurality of connection terminals are exposed in a direction orthogonal to the first and second directions from the terminal protecting portion, and include slopes that tilt in an exposed direction from inside to outside in the second direction on both sides in the second direction of the terminal protecting portion.