IP Library Granted Patent US 12681366
Granted Patent B2
US 12681366 · App. 18/584,898 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Electronic apparatus

Inventor: Akinori Inagaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03B17/563G03B17/02
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Patent No.
US 12681366
App. No.
18/584,898
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first exterior member, and a second exterior member made of a material softer than that of the first exterior member and held by the first exterior member. A plurality of main convex portions are formed on a surface of the second exterior member. A plurality of sub convex portions each having a smaller shape than that of each of the main convex portions are formed on a surface of at least part of the plurality of main convex portions.

Claims (22)

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

a first exterior member; and

a second exterior member made of a material softer than that of the first exterior member and held by the first exterior member,

wherein on a surface of the second exterior member,

a first region in which a plurality of main convex portions formed as an embossment, and a second region in which, on surfaces of at least some of the main convex portions in the first region, a plurality of sub-convex portions each having a shape smaller than that of the main convex portions are formed by fine machining, are provided;

the second region being disposed on at least a part, excluding an apex portion, of a surface that extends, in an optical-axis direction, from the apex portion of a grip portion having a convex curved shape formed by the first exterior member toward a mount portion; and

the first region being disposed on the apex portion.

2 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sub convex portions are formed on surfaces of main convex portions in an area of the second exterior member that is to contact a hand of a user who grips the imaging apparatus.

3 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each of the sub convex portions has a shape that is deformed when contacting the hand so as to increase a contact area with the hand.

4 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein and

wherein the sub convex portions are formed on surfaces of the main convex portions in an area on the grip portion of the second exterior member.

5 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the sub convex portions is at least one of a first sub convex portion having a shape that is deformed when contacting a hand of a user holding the imaging apparatus so as to increase a contact area with the hand, and a second sub convex portion having a shape that is less likely to be deformed when contacting the hand than the first sub convex portion.

6 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first sub convex portion is higher than the second sub convex portion.

7 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second exterior member includes a first area in which the first sub convex portions are formed on surface of the main convex portions, and a second area in which the second sub convex portion is formed on surfaces of the main convex portions.

8 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein,

wherein the first area is an area on the second exterior member that a finger of the hand is to contact, and

wherein the second area is an area on the second exterior member that is to contact a palm of the hand.

9 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second sub convex portions are formed on surfaces of the main convex portions in an outer edge area of the second exterior member.

10 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first exterior member holds an operating portion operable by a finger of a user, and the second exterior member is provided in a surrounding area of the operating portion, and

wherein the second sub convex portions are formed on surfaces of the main convex portions in the surrounding area.

11 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , the second exterior member is adhered to the first exterior member with an adhesive member, and

wherein a concave portion into which the adhesive member enters is formed in an area of the first exterior member that contacts the adhesive member.