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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Keiichi Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a housing, a lens incorporated in the front of the housing and configured to constitute an imaging optical system, an image pickup device provided in the housing and configured to capture a subject image guided by the imaging optical system, a printed wiring board provided in the housing and having the image pickup device mounted thereon, a barrel provided integrally with the front of the housing, an annular lens cover configured to push a face of the lens facing forward in a rearward direction, and detachably mounted on the front of the barrel, and a support wall projecting rearward outside a rear end of the barrel in the radial direction and inside the housing, and bonded to the printed wiring board with adhesive.