Cradle apparatus for camera
First Claim
1. A cradle apparatus which electrically connects a camera with an external device, the cradle apparatus comprising:
- a cradle body having a camera mount on which the camera is mounted;
a sliding member which holds the camera, the sliding member being disposed in the camera mount of the cradle body slidably in a sliding direction substantially orthogonal to a mounting direction of the camera; and
a cradle connector disposed in the cradle body to protrude in the sliding direction of the sliding member, the cradle connector being engaged with and disengaged from a camera connector provided on a face of the camera substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding member when the sliding member holding the camera slides together with the camera within the cradle body.
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Abstract
The cradle apparatus for a camera facilitates satisfactory engagement and disengagement of a camera connector, ready locking of a camera in a state in which connectors are connected, and minimization of the dustiness of the connector of the cradle is to be provided. The cradle apparatus is mainly configured of a cradle body, a box-shaped sliding member, which is slidable relatively to the cradle body and accommodates and fixes a digital camera, and a cradle connector disposed on a side of the cradle body. By sliding the sliding member in a direction orthogonal to the mounting direction of the camera after mounting the digital camera to the sliding member, a camera connector can be engaged with and disengaged from the cradle connector.
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17 Claims
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1. A cradle apparatus which electrically connects a camera with an external device, the cradle apparatus comprising:
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a cradle body having a camera mount on which the camera is mounted;
a sliding member which holds the camera, the sliding member being disposed in the camera mount of the cradle body slidably in a sliding direction substantially orthogonal to a mounting direction of the camera; and
a cradle connector disposed in the cradle body to protrude in the sliding direction of the sliding member, the cradle connector being engaged with and disengaged from a camera connector provided on a face of the camera substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding member when the sliding member holding the camera slides together with the camera within the cradle body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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15. A cradle apparatus which electrically connects a camera with an external device, the cradle apparatus comprising:
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a cradle body having a camera mount on which the camera is mounted;
a sliding member disposed in the cradle body slidably in a sliding direction substantially orthogonal to a mounting direction of the camera; and
a cradle connector disposed on the sliding member to protrude in the sliding direction of the sliding member to emerge and retract toward and away from the camera mount along with the sliding of the sliding member to be engaged with and disengaged from a camera connector of the camera mounted to the camera mount.
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