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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Takayuki Kawamura, Hirakata, JP;
Kenji Sasaki, Souraku-gun, JP;
Fumio Shinano, Neyagawa, JP;
Naoto Yumiki, Hirakata, JP;
Takayuki Kawamura, Hirakata, JP;
Kenji Sasaki, Souraku-gun, JP;
Fumio Shinano, Neyagawa, JP;
Naoto Yumiki, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a lens holding framethat holds a lens, on the periphery of which a first pair of restricting members composed of convex membersandare provided at at least two places; and a circuit boardthat connects the lens holding framewith a camera main body electrically. The circuit boardincludes a flexible substratewith wiring that establishes electrical connection, and a reinforcing platefixed to a part of the flexible substrate. The circuit boardis fixed to the lens holding frame, such that at least a part of the reinforcing plateis disposed between the first pair of restricting members, and that both ends of the part of the reinforcing platedisposed between the first pair of restricting members are restricted by the first pair of restricting members. Consequently, it is possible to provide a camera that is easy to manufacture or to provide a camera that causes little flare.