Sensor mounting structure and image capture apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYutaka Maeda, Tsubasa Sugiyama
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Abstract
A sensor mounting structure for mounting sensors onto sensor mounting portions formed on a case body includes: an elastically deformable mounting flat spring mounted on the case body so as to cover outer surface part of the case body, allowing the sensors to be mounted on the sensor mounting portions by pressing the sensors from outside. The mounting flat spring includes sensor pressing portions for pressing the sensors, a pair of pressed portions being pressed in directions nearing each other from outer surface sides by predetermined members, and engaging portions for engaging with the case body in a direction orthogonal to the directions in which the pressed portions are pressed.
Claims8
A sensor mounting structure for mounting sensors onto sensor mounting portions formed on a case body, the sensor mounting structure comprising:
- An elastically deformable mounting flat spring mounted on the case body so as to cover an outer surface of the case body, the mounting flat spring presses the sensors from outside to mount the sensors on the sensor mounting portions, and the mounting flat spring includes
- Sensor pressing portions to press the sensors,
- a pair of pressed portions each being pressed towards the case body in directions nearing each other from outer surface sides by predetermined members, and
- engaging portions to engage with the case body in a direction orthogonal to the directions in which the pressed portions are pressed;
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- the case body mounted between the two predetermined members and held in place by each of the predetermined members,
- and wherein the case body mounted is held in place by each of the predetermined members only with an interference fit.
An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a case body holding therein a motor to move lens groups in an optical-axis direction and having sensor mounting portions found thereon, and the case body is mounted between two predetermined members and held in place by each of the predetermined members;
- sensors to be mounted on the sensor mounting portions;
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- an elastically deformable mounting flat spring, mounted on the case body so as to cover an outer surface part of the case body, allowing the sensors to be mounted on the sensor mounting portions by pressing the sensors from the outside, and mounting the flat spring includes
- sensor pressing portions to press the sensors,
- a pair of pressed portions each being pressed towards the case body in directions nearing each other from outer surface sides by the predetermined members, and
- engaging portions to engage with the case body in a direction orthogonal to the directions in which the pressed portions are pressed,
- and wherein the case body mounted is held in place by each of the predetermined members only with an interference fit.
A sensor mounting structure for mounting sensors onto an image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a case body that surrounds light shielding blades and includes two opposing outer surfaces, the two opposing surfaces including a first surface and a second surface, each of the first surface and the second surface has an indented mounting position to mount a first sensor on the first surface and a second sensor on the second surface, the second surface including a mounting projection;
- a flat spring to mount on the case body and thereby hold the first sensor against the indented mounting position of the first surface and the second sensor against the indented mounting position of the second surface;
- a first predetermined member to force the flat spring against the first surface;
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- a second predetermined member to force the flat spring against the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.