Patent ID: 8585302

Claim:
A camera device comprising: a camera body including a camera housing which is formed into a substantially spherical shape; a bracket fixable to a vehicle; and a socket provided on the bracket into which a spherical portion of the camera housing is fittable, wherein: the camera body includes an imaging lens which is exposed from the socket; and the spherical portion of the camera housing is fitted into the socket so that the imaging lens has an optical axis a direction of which is adjustable in a vertical direction and in a right-left direction relative to the socket, the socket includes at least a pair of arms both of which have convexly curved surfaces respectively; the camera housing is held between the arms so as to be slidably in close contact with the convexly curved surface; the imaging lens is fitted between the arms so as to be exposed from between the arm strips, and the camera housing includes a portion thereof which is located opposite the imaging lens and to which a nut is fixed so that, when the nut is rotated by an outside force, the camera housing is rotated according to a rotation of the nut.