Image pickup apparatus
First Claim
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a housing serving as an outer casing;
a lens incorporated in the front of the housing and configured to constitute an imaging optical system;
an image pickup device provided in the housing and configured to capture a subject image guided by the imaging optical system;
a printed wiring board provided in the housing and having the image pickup device mounted thereon;
a barrel provided integrally with the front of the housing, the barrel including an inner peripheral face to be engaged with an outer peripheral face of the lens with no play therebetween, and a contact face to be in contact with an end face of the lens facing rearward;
an annular lens cover configured to push a face of the lens facing forward in a rearward direction so that the lens is held between the lens cover and the contact face in a state in which the lens is stored in the barrel, the lens cover being detachably mounted on the front of the barrel; and
a support wall projecting rearward outside a rear end of the barrel in the radial direction and inside the housing, the support wall being bonded to the printed wiring board with adhesive.
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a housing, a lens incorporated in the front of the housing and configured to constitute an imaging optical system, an image pickup device provided in the housing and configured to capture a subject image guided by the imaging optical system, a printed wiring board provided in the housing and having the image pickup device mounted thereon, a barrel provided integrally with the front of the housing, an annular lens cover configured to push a face of the lens facing forward in a rearward direction, and detachably mounted on the front of the barrel, and a support wall projecting rearward outside a rear end of the barrel in the radial direction and inside the housing, and bonded to the printed wiring board with adhesive.
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20 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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a housing serving as an outer casing; a lens incorporated in the front of the housing and configured to constitute an imaging optical system; an image pickup device provided in the housing and configured to capture a subject image guided by the imaging optical system; a printed wiring board provided in the housing and having the image pickup device mounted thereon; a barrel provided integrally with the front of the housing, the barrel including an inner peripheral face to be engaged with an outer peripheral face of the lens with no play therebetween, and a contact face to be in contact with an end face of the lens facing rearward; an annular lens cover configured to push a face of the lens facing forward in a rearward direction so that the lens is held between the lens cover and the contact face in a state in which the lens is stored in the barrel, the lens cover being detachably mounted on the front of the barrel; and a support wall projecting rearward outside a rear end of the barrel in the radial direction and inside the housing, the support wall being bonded to the printed wiring board with adhesive. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the support wall includes two support walls provided such that the rear end of the barrel is disposed therebetween.
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10. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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a housing serving as an outer casing; a barrel provided at the front of the housing and configured to support an imaging optical system; an image pickup device provided inside the housing and on a rear side of the barrel and configured to capture a subject image guided by the imaging optical system, the image pickup device including a package having a storage recess, an image sensor portion mounted in the storage recess with an imaging surface thereof facing an aperture of the storage recess, and a transparent cover plate configured to close the aperture and tightly seal the storage recess, the cover plate facing the rear of the barrel; and an enclosing portion extending between the periphery of the rear of the barrel and the periphery of the cover plate, and configured to enclose an optical path of the imaging optical system extending from the rear of the barrel to the cover plate. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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