Ranging apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakayuki Kimura
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Abstract
A ranging apparatus includes a body, a substrate on which a sensor unit is mounted and fitted to a surface of the body, a sensor holder attached to the surface of the body and configured to hold the substrate, a lens unit attached to another surface of the body, and a positioning mechanism to position and connect the body, the surface and the sensor holder. The positioning mechanism includes first and second engaging parts which are provided between the body and the substrate and configured to engage the body and the substrate, and third and fourth engaging parts which are provided between the substrate and the sensor holder and configured to engage the substrate and the sensor holder. The first and second engaging parts are different in shape, and the third and fourth engaging parts are different in shape.
Claims8
A ranging apparatus, comprising:
- a body;
- a substrate on which a plurality of sensors is mounted and fitted to a surface of the body;
- a sensor holder attached to the surface of the body and configured to hold the substrate on which the plurality of sensors is mounted;
- a lens unit attached to another surface of the body;
- and
- a positioning mechanism configured to position and connect the body, the substrate and the sensor holder,
- wherein the positioning mechanism including a first engaging part and a second engaging part which are provided between the body and the substrate and configured to engage the body and the substrate, and a third engaging part and a fourth engaging part which are provided between the substrate and the sensor holder and configured to engage the substrate and the sensor holder,
- wherein the first engaging part and the second engaging part being different in shape, and the third engaging part and the fourth engaging part being different in shape, and
- wherein the first engaging part includes a first groove provided in the substrate and a first protrusion provided on the body and the first protrusion is engaged with the first groove, the second engaging part includes a second groove provided in the substrate and a second protrusion provided on the body and the second protrusion is engaged with the second groove, the third engaging part includes a third groove provided in the substrate and a third protrusion provided on the sensor holder and the third protrusion is engaged with the third groove, the fourth engaging part includes a fourth groove provided in the substrate and a fourth protrusion provided on the sensor holder and the fourth protrusion is engaged with the fourth groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.