Patent ID: 7572021

Claim:
A mounting structure of an LED, comprising: an LED unit comprising an LED, a lens element positioned immediately in front of said LED, and a collar positioned around said lens element; a support comprising a through-hole through which said lens element of said LED unit is exposed and an annular portion surrounding said through-hole, said annular portion being in contact with said collar of said LED unit; an annular contacting surface formed on one of an inner peripheral surface of said annular portion as an annular concave surface and an outer peripheral surface of said collar as an annular convex surface; an annular contacting portion, formed on the other of said inner peripheral surface of said annular portion and said outer peripheral surface of said collar, wherein said annular contacting portion and said annular contacting surface are in slidable contact so that an orientation of said LED unit is adjusted by changing a relative contacting position between said annular contacting surface and said annular contacting portion; and a fixing device which fixes said LED unit to said support while maintaining said contacting position of said annular contacting surface and said annular contacting portion after said adjustment, said support being fixed to a camera body in a manner to allow said lens element to be exposed at a front of said camera body.