Patent ID: 10571780

Abstract:
A lens unit includes an optical system that includes at least one lens, a lens barrel that receives the optical system, and a lens mount that is provided on one end side of the lens barrel and is fastened to a body mount provided on a camera. The lens mount includes a reference surface that is in contact with the body mount; a cylindrical portion that extends to the body mount from the reference surface; a plurality of bayonet claws that are provided in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion and extend outward in a radial direction; a plurality of bayonet grooves that are defined by the reference surface, the cylindrical portion, and the plurality of bayonet claws and are engaged with body claws of the body mount; and an elastic member that is provided in at least one bayonet groove of the plurality of bayonet grooves, includes a contact surface to be in contact with the body claw, is provided in a rotational direction of the body claw, and applies a biasing force to the body claw in the radial direction.