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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Tatsumaro Yamashita, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tatsumaro Yamashita, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A small-diameter positioning tube is formed in an external wall surface of a housing (upper case and lower case) that is a constructional element of a camera body via a stepped part. When the camera body is attached to a mounting base using screws, a positioning tube is fitted into an opening, and the stepped part is caused to abut on an outer peripheral edge of an upper surface of the opening. In this state, the screws are fastened so that the fastening force of the screws can be received by an abutting part between the stepped part and the opening. If the invention is constructed in this way, the fastening force of the screws does not directly act on the lens holding member that is received and fixed inside the housing, even if the camera body is firmly attached to the mounting base by the fastening force of the screws, any distortion caused in the lens holding member or a lens can be relieved.