IP Library Granted Patent US 7,961,243
Granted Patent B2
US 7,961,243 · App. 11/727,811 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Camera unit and imaging apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,961,243
App. No.
11/727,811
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera unit 100 is provided and includes an imaging device for receiving light of an optical image incident from a lens unit; a support board for supporting the imaging device; and a holder having an attachment part to which the support board is attached. The attachment position of the support board in the optical axis direction to the holder is determined by means of an irregularity part formed on the attachment part of the holder or the support board so that the light reception surface of the imaging device matches the image formation position of the optical image.

Claims (12)

1. A camera unit comprising:

an imaging device that receives light of an optical image incident from a lens unit;

a support board that supports the imaging device; and

a holder having an attachment part to which the support board is attached,

wherein

at least one of the attachment part of the holder and the support board has an irregularity part, the irregularity part determining an attachment position of the support board in an optical axis direction with respect to the holder so that a light reception surface of the imaging device matches an image formation position of the optical image, and

wherein the irregularity part comprises a protrusion part on the attachment part of the holder and a notch or through hole in the support board so as to avoid the protrusion part, the protrusion part and the notch or through hole fitting together to determine the attachment position of the support board.

2. The camera unit according to claim 1 , wherein different support boards can be selectively attached to the attachment part of the holder in accordance with at least one of a thickness and the light reception surface of the imaging device.

3. The camera unit according to claim 1 wherein a first support board having the notch or through hole and a second support board not having the notch or through hole can be selectively attached to the attachment part of the holder.

4. The camera unit according to claim 2 , wherein the irregularity part comprises a protrusion part on the attachment part of the holder and a notch or through hole in the support board so as to avoid the protrusion part, the protrusion part and the notch or through hole fitting together to determine the attachment position of the support board.

5. The camera unit according to claim 4 wherein a first support board having the notch or through hole and a second support board not having the notch or through hole can be selectively attached to the attachment part of the holder.

6. An imaging apparatus comprising a camera unit according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ONE-THIRD OF THE RIGHTS TO THE PATENTS Recorded Jan 24, 2019
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048587/0176 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: FUJINON CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047155/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2007
From: AIBA, DAIGO
To: FUJINON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019150/0955 →