Patent ID: 9562656
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: F21L,F21V,F21W,G03B

Claim:
1. An illumination device attachable to and detachable from an imaging apparatus, the illumination device comprising: a first light source; a second light source; a main capacitor configured to store electric charge for causing the first light source and the second light source to emit light; a first coil electrically connected between the first light source and the main capacitor; and a second coil electrically connected between the second light source and the main capacitor, wherein a radial direction of the first coil and a radial direction of the second coil are parallel to a vertical direction of the illumination device, wherein the first coil and the second coil are aligned with the main capacitor in a horizontal direction of the illumination device, wherein the horizontal direction of the illumination device is orthogonal to an imaging optical axis of an imaging apparatus to which the illumination device is attached, and wherein the first coil is aligned with the second coil in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction of the illumination device.