Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accessory for an imaging apparatus that reduces amount of wear on electrical contacts
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Application No.: US15992717Application Date: 2018-05-30
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Publication No.: US10558112B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Naoki Saito
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2017-108260 20170531
- Main IPC: G03B17/56
- IPC: G03B17/56 ; G03B17/14 ; H01R13/24 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A lens apparatus is mounted to a camera body by moving in a first direction as to the camera body. The camera body has a DGND terminal and multiple electric contacts, used for communication with an accessory mounted thereto, that are arrayed in order in a first direction. Contact portions of the multiple electric contacts at the lens apparatus include contact portions that are lower from an accessory-side contact holding member than a contact portion of the DGND terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180348607A1 ACCESSORY FOR AN IMAGING APPARATUS THAT REDUCES AMOUNT OF WEAR ON ELECTRICAL CONTACTS Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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