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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2007
Takahiko Mitani, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiro Kumei, Tachikawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Akiba, Hachioji, JP;
Seiji Sakai, Chofu, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Masahiro Kawauchi, Akiruno, JP;
Takahiko Mitani, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiro Kumei, Tachikawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Akiba, Hachioji, JP;
Seiji Sakai, Chofu, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Masahiro Kawauchi, Akiruno, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus and a repair method thereof are provided. The image-capturing apparatus includes a lens frame to which one or more lenses are fixed; an image-capturing frame to which an image-capturing device is fixed; and a fixing member for fixing the lens frame and the image-capturing frame to each other without adhering a fitted portion between the lens frame and the image-capturing frame. The repair method for the image-capturing apparatus includes destructing a fixing member for fixing to each other a lens frame to which one or more lenses are fixed and an image-capturing frame to which an image-capturing device is fixed, and releasing fixing between the frames; replacing at least either of the lens frame and the image-capturing frame; and fixing to each other the lens frame and the image-capturing frame.