Patent ID: 8249442

Claim:
A flash unit comprising: a flash device operable to emit light; a storage member operable to store the flash device; a cover with which the storage member is covered from above, and to which the flash device is attached; a first link member that is turnably connected to the storage member at one end and turnably connected to the cover at another end; and a second link member which, at one end, is turnably connected to the storage member at a position different from the connection portion of the first link member and the storage member, and, at another end, is turnably connected to the cover at a position different from the connection portion of the first link member and the cover, wherein: the first link member is stored in the storage member in a lying state when the flash device is not used, and the first link member is adapted to turn about a connection portion of the first link member and the storage member to take a raised up state in which a connection portion of the first link member and the cover is located above the connection portion of the first link member and the storage member when the flash device is used, a first imaginary straight line extending through a central axis about which the first link member is turnably connected to the storage member is different and disposed apart from a second imaginary straight line extending through a central axis about which the second link member is turnably connected to the storage member: the second link member has a cylindrical structure; and an electric wiring for connecting the storage member and the flash device is passed through an internal space of the second link member.