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US 5,848,314 AGranted
Exterior structure of a camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki Ito, Tatsuhide Takebayashi
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AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki Ito, Tatsuhide Takebayashi
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An exterior structure of a camera includes a first exterior member, a second exterior member and a cover member. The first exterior member is provided with a hole and an elastically deformable first finger. The second exterior member is provided with an elastically deformable second finger which can be engaged by the first finger of the first exterior member when the first and second exterior members are fitted together. The cover member is adapted to close the hole of the first exterior member and is provided with an elastically deformable third finger. The third finger is inserted into the hole of the first exterior member to engage with the edge of the hole.
An exterior structure of a camera, comprising:
An exterior structure of a camera, comprising:
An exterior structure of a camera, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
No related US applications are recorded in the indexed filing history.
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Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor: bodies
Apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them
Term ended 16 Sep 2017 (estimated)
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an exterior structure of a camera.
2. Description of the Related Art
The invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a camera when a photographing lens is not attached, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2A is a front elevational view of a first exterior member in the vicinity of a mount unlocking button shown in FIG. 1;
The front outside portion of a camera consists of a first exterior member 10 made of synthetic resin, a second exterior member 20 made of synthetic resin, and other exterior members. The first exterior member 10 serves as a front decoration member, while the second exterior member 20 serves as a grip member. In FIG. 1 for the purposes of clarity, the boundary between the first and second exterior members 10 and 20 is indicated by a thick solid line.
The first exterior member 10 includes a main portion 11 and an operation base portion 13. The main portion 11 is provided with a peripheral (convex) edge 12. The operation base portion 13 projects from the peripheral edge 12. The second exterior member 20 includes a main portion 21. The main portion 21 is provided with a leg 22 having a recess 22a. The lower surface of the peripheral edge 12 is positioned on the upper surface of the leg 22 to engage with each other.
The first exterior member 10 is provided with a circular center opening 11a in which an annular lens mount 30 is fitted. The lens mount 30 is provided with a lock pin 31 extending therethrough which is adapted to detachably attach a photographing lens (not shown), and an autofocusing lens drive pin 32 extending through the lens mount 30. When a mount unlocking (releasing) button 40 attached to the operation base portion 13 is actuated (depressed), the lock pin 31 and the lens drive pin 32 are moved in an axial direction, i.e., in a direction perpendicular to the sheet of the drawings (FIG. 1), so that they are retracted from the surface of the lens mount 30.