JP2000250112A - Electronic camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic camera capable of facilitating attachment and exchange or the like and realizing miniaturization by providing a hole for a screw formed at a position nearly opposed to the engaging part of an aperture part and a mounting plate whose one end side is engaged with the engaging part and which has a through-hole for a screw on the other end side. SOLUTION: A mounting plate 44 is equipped with two metallic thin plate parts 44a and 44b extended in parallel, an engaging hole 44c formed at an almost center part of either side of both side parts linking the thin plate parts 44a and 44b and engaged with an engaging part 43, and a screw hole 44d formed at the almost center part of the other side and corresponding to a tap screw hole 42. Since the engaging part 43 is integrally molded with a housing 21, an aperture part 43a communicating inside and outside is formed. Thus, a picture display panel 50 is fixed on the inner surface of the housing 21 only by a working stage just by fitting the engaging hold 44c of the plate 44 to the engaging part 43 and fixing the screw hole 44d in the tap screw hole 42.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic camera, and more particularly to an improvement in a method of attaching an image display device to a housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electronic camera generally has an image display device comprising a liquid crystal display element or the like mounted on the back side. This image display device is screwed and fixed at a plurality of locations using a screw hole provided on the inner surface side of the housing.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional electronic camera has the following problems. In other words, the configuration in which the image display device is screwed to the housing requires a lot of man-hours for screw tightening, which is inconvenient when mounting or replacing. Further, a tap boss for a screw must be formed on the housing side, and there is a problem that it is difficult to reduce the size.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic camera capable of easily mounting and replacing an image display device and reducing the size.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, an electronic camera according to the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) A camera housing which accommodates electronic components therein and has an opening on the back side, and is mounted in the opening from the inside of the camera housing to display an image based on image information. An image display means, and an attachment portion for attaching the image display means to the camera housing, wherein the attachment portion is substantially opposed to an engagement portion provided near the opening and an engagement portion of the opening. And a screw hole provided at a position where one end of the screw hole is engaged with the engaging portion,
And a mounting plate having a through hole for a screw on the other end side.

(2) In the electronic camera described in (1), the engaging portion is formed integrally with the housing, and the opening corresponds to the engaging portion. And a cover member that covers the outside of the housing including the part.

(3) The electronic camera described in (1) above, wherein the mounting plate is configured to be mounted on a housing along a longitudinal direction of the image display means.

(4) The electronic camera described in (1) to (3) above, wherein the mounting plate is made of a thin metal plate.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an electronic camera 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the electronic camera 10 of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part.

The electronic camera 10 includes a camera body 20 and a lens unit 30 provided on the front side of the camera body 20.

The camera body 20 has a housing 21. The housing 21 has a grip 22, a finder eyepiece 23, a finder window 24, a control panel 25, a flash 26, a release switch 27, a zoom lever 28, and an X contact. 29 are provided.

The lens section 30 has a lens housing section 31 formed in a cylindrical shape and housing a zoom lens unit 32 described later, and a zoom lens unit 32 provided coaxially with the lens housing section 31. I have.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the image display panel mounting portion 40 and the image display panel 50 on the inner surface on the back side of the housing 21.

The image display panel mounting portion 40 is formed on the back side of the housing 21 to expose a display surface of the image display panel 50 (square in this example). An engaging portion 43 integrally formed with the housing 21 near an opening facing one side, a tap screw hole 42 formed at the other end of the opening 41 (a position substantially opposed to the engaging portion 43), A mounting plate 44 for holding the image display panel 50 and an opening 41 provided from the rear side of the housing 21 so as to cover the opening 41 including a portion corresponding to the engagement portion 43. And a protective cover 45 made of a transparent resin that has been subjected to a surface treatment so that the area other than the area corresponding to becomes opaque.

The mounting plate 44 is composed of two sheet metal portions 44a, 44b extending in parallel, and these metal sheet portions 44a, 44b.
4b are formed at substantially the center of one side of both sides connecting the 4b,
An engagement hole 44c that engages with the engagement portion 43, and a screw hole 44d that is formed substantially at the center of the other side and that corresponds to the tap screw hole 42 are provided. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 44e denotes a screw for fixing the screw hole 44d to the tap screw hole 42.

Since the engaging portion 43 is formed integrally with the housing 21, an opening 43a is formed which communicates with the inside and outside.

In the electronic camera 10 configured as described above, the image display panel 50 is mounted on the housing 2 as follows.
Attach to 1. That is, the image display panel 50 is positioned in the opening 41. Next, the engagement hole 44 of the mounting plate 44
c is hooked on the engaging portion 43. Then, the metal thin plate portion 44
The screw hole 44d and the tap screw hole 42 are aligned while pressing the a and 44b against the back of the image display panel 50. Then, the screw 44e is screwed and fixed.

Finally, the protective cover 45 is bonded from the outside of the housing 21. At this time, the opening 43a located at the site corresponding to the engaging portion 43 is covered.

Since the metal thin plates 44a and 44b are provided on the back surface of the image display panel 50, a shielding effect is exerted and radiation of noise generated by the image display panel 50 can be reduced.

As described above, in the electronic camera 10 according to the present embodiment, only the operation steps of hooking the engaging hole 44c of the mounting plate 44 on the engaging portion 43 and fixing the screw hole 44d to the tap screw hole 42 are performed. Thus, the image display panel 50 can be fixed to the inner surface of the housing 21. For this reason, work efficiency at the time of assembling or replacing the image display panel 50 can be improved.

Further, since the portion for forming the tap screw hole can be minimized, the space inside the housing 21 can be reduced, and the electronic camera 10 can be downsized.

Note that the image display panel 5 by the mounting plate 44
It is also possible to exert a shielding effect of zero.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0025]

According to the present invention, the mounting and mounting of the image display device is performed.
Exchange and the like can be easily performed, and downsizing can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary perspective view showing the appearance of an electronic camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the electronic camera.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the electronic camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic camera 20 ... Camera main body 21 ... Housing 30 ... Lens part 40 ... Image display panel mounting part 41 ... Opening part 42 ... Tap screw hole 43 ... Engaging part 43a ... Opening part 44 ... Mounting plate 44a, 44b ... Metal thin plate part 44c: engagement hole 44d: screw hole 45: protective cover 50: image display panel

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Claims (4)

[Claims] A camera housing provided with an opening on the back side; image display means attached to the opening from the inside of the camera housing for displaying an image based on image information; An attachment portion attached to the camera housing, wherein the attachment portion is provided with an engagement portion provided near the opening,
A screw hole provided at a position substantially opposed to the engagement portion, and a mounting plate having one end side engaged with the engagement portion and having a screw through hole at the other end side. An electronic camera characterized by the following. A cover member that covers the outside of the housing, including a portion corresponding to the engagement portion, in the opening; The electronic camera according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The electronic camera according to claim 1, wherein said mounting plate is configured to be mounted on a housing along a longitudinal direction of said image display means. 4. The electronic camera according to claim 1, wherein said mounting plate is made of a thin metal plate.