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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takazumi Seo, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An accessory shoe device capable of improving drip-proof performance while ensuring positional accuracy in a pitch direction in which terminals of a multi-polarized signal terminal connector are arranged. The accessory shoe device includes an engagement member for having an accessory attached thereto, a signal terminal connector including terminals for connection with the accessory attached to the engagement member, a top cover having the engagement member mounted thereon, and a positioning unit for positioning the signal terminal connector with respect to the engagement member. The top cover has an opening for externally exposing the terminals of the signal terminal connector. The signal terminal connector and the engagement member are fixed to each other by the positioning unit such that they sandwich a portion of the top cover surrounding the signal terminal connector.