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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Junichi Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Tada, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryota Kaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shu Kambe, Fujisawa, JP;
Junichi Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Tada, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryota Kaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shu Kambe, Fujisawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit in which an optical system and an imaging device are provided, a camera body formed with a concave portion on/from which the imaging unit is mounted/removed, the imaging apparatus photographing the subject image by mounting the imaging unit on the camera body, wherein the concave portion includes three walls of a back wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion, viewed from the subject side in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system, wherein the apparatus includes a locking member and a locking member to be locked, wherein an unlocking member for unlocking a lock of the camera body and the imaging unit by means of the locking member is disposed in an intersection portion of the side and upper wall portions, and wherein at least three wall portions which compose the concave portion, are opened.