Patent ID: 6359652
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A mounting structure for a photographic element of a camera, comprising:a photographic element package (a) on whose main surface a light-sensitive surface of the photographic element is arranged, (b) in whose side surfaces two standard surfaces that meet at a predetermined angle are formed, and (c) where a center of the light-sensitive surface of the photographic element is defined as a point which is a first offset amount from one of the standard surfaces and a second offset amount from another of the standard surfaces; a chassis (a) provided with a lens holding unit and an aperture which is located behind a lens that is set in the lens holding unit, (b) formed so that an aperture brim of the aperture is larger than the photographic element package to allow the photographic element package to move when inserted into the aperture brim, (c) has two contact surfaces that meet at the predetermined angle formed in the aperture brim, and (d) has the two contact surfaces positioned so that respective distances from the two contact surfaces to an optical axis of the lens are equal to the first offset amount and second offset amount of the light-sensitive surface of the photographic element; and a mounting member (a) which mounts and attaches the photographic element package onto the chassis in a state where the main surface of the photographic element package faces the lens through the aperture in the chassis and where the two standard surfaces are aligned with the two contact surfaces, (b) which includes an energizing means, and (c) the energizing means energizes the photographic element package in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens, as a result of the photographic element package being mounted onto the chassis, so that the two standard surfaces of the photographic element package firmly press against the two contact surfaces of the chassis.