Patent ID: 8441572
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imager; a plate member, to which the imager is attached; and a holding member configured to hold the plate member, wherein the plate member has a first portion, through which at least one fixing hole has been cut, and a second portion, to which the imager is attached and through which at least one adjusting hole has been cut, wherein the plate member is held by the holding member using a number of fastening members to be introduced through the at least one fixing hole and the at least one adjusting hole, when the first portion is fixed on the holding member, the fastening member that is introduced through the at least one adjusting hole adjusts the relative position of the second portion to the holding member, the plate member and the holding member are stacked one upon the other in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction in which an optical axis extends, and an angle defined by the second portion with respect to the holding member is adjusted so that the imager attached to the second portion crosses the optical axis at right angles, further comprising at least one bridge portion that connects the first and second portions together, wherein the at least one bridge portion is elastically deformable, when the first portion is fixed on the holding member, the at least one bridge portion being elastically deformed adjusts a relative position of the second portion to the holding member, the at least one fixing hole is a single fixing hole, and the at least one adjusting hole includes first and second adjusting holes, and wherein the at least one bridge portion includes: a first bridge portion, which runs substantially parallel to a line that connects together the fixing hole and the first adjusting hole; and a second bridge portion, which runs substantially parallel to a line that connect together the fixing hole and the second adjusting hole and which runs to cross the first bridge portion at substantially right angles.