Patent ID: 8064043

Claim:
A shutter blade apparatus comprising: a shutter blade; a motor configured to rotate the shutter blade; a first pushing member including two first pushing portions configured to push a first surface of the shutter blade; a second pushing member including a second pushing portion configured to push a second surface of the shutter blade, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; a fixing portion configured to fix the shutter blade to a rotation axis of the motor, wherein the first pushing member and the second pushing member apply a force in an opposing direction to a different portion of the shutter blade, and the shutter blade is forcibly deformed by the force, wherein the fixing portion comprises: first and second pressing plates configured to fix the shutter blade to the rotation axis of the motor; and a bolt configured to fix the first pressing plate disposed on the side of the first surface of the shutter blade to the second pressing plate disposed on the side of the second surface of the shutter blade, with the shutter blade interposed between the first and the second pressing plates, wherein the first pushing portion is fixed to the first pressing plate, and the second pushing portion is fixed to the second pressing plate.