JP2001142123A - Electronic equipment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic equipment device made more compact and thinner. SOLUTION: This electronic equipment device is provided with a flat electrolytic capacitor 1. Besides, it is provided with at least one of a hole part and a notched part formed at the capacitor 1 and a boss 2 to 4 formed in a device body and engaged with at least one of the hole part and the notched part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device incorporating a strobe, for example, and more particularly to an electronic device employing a planar electrolytic capacitor as a capacitor for storing light emission energy of the strobe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cameras as electronic equipment have been
It has a strobe circuit for irradiating light to a subject, and further has a built-in capacitor for storing the light emission energy of the strobe circuit. As the capacitor, for example, a cylindrical capacitor 100 as shown in FIG. 7A has been employed.

When such a cylindrical capacitor 100 is fixed to a camera, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B, a circuit board 10 for controlling the camera is first used.
The electrodes 100a and 100b of the capacitor 100 are stabbed into 1 and then electrically fixed by soldering. Then, by fixing the board to the camera body 102, the capacitor 100 is also fixed together.

On the other hand, in addition to the above technique, a method is also generally used in which a pedestal having the same shape as the external shape of the capacitor is previously provided in the camera body, and the pedestal and the capacitor are fixed to each other with a double-sided tape. Have been.

[0005]

However, in the above-described prior art, there is a limit to the reduction in size and thickness of electronic equipment such as a camera employing the capacitor due to the cylindrical shape of the capacitor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus which is further reduced in size and thickness.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in an electronic apparatus having a capacitor, at least one of a hole and a notch provided in the capacitor is provided. And a projection provided on the device main body and fitted to at least one of the hole and the cutout. Further, according to a second aspect, there is provided the electronic apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the capacitor is a flat plate. In a third aspect, in any of the first or second aspects, the capacitor is formed integrally with a thin plate portion, and at least one of the hole portion and the notch portion is formed of the thin plate portion. An electronic apparatus provided on a thin plate portion is provided.

According to the above-described first to third aspects, the following operations are provided.

That is, in the first aspect of the present invention, at least one of the hole and the cutout provided in the capacitor is fitted into the projection provided in the apparatus main body. Further, in a second aspect, in the first aspect, the capacitor is formed in a flat plate shape. In a third aspect, in any one of the first and second aspects, a thin plate portion is formed integrally with the capacitor, and at least one of the hole and the cutout is formed in the thin plate portion. Provided.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view, viewed from above, showing the configuration of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view, viewed from the rear, showing the configuration of the electronic apparatus.

Here, a camera will be described as an example of the electronic apparatus.

As shown in these figures, a pressure plate 6 and a pressure plate base 5 are provided behind the photographing lens, and are fixed between the pressure plate base 5 and the camera back cover 10 with bosses 2 to 5. The planar electrolytic capacitor 1 is disposed in a manner as described below. The details will be described later.

Further, the two electrodes 1a and 1b of the planar electrolytic capacitor 1 are fixed by screws so as to be sandwiched between a connect pedestal 7 and a connect flexible printed circuit board (hereinafter abbreviated as connect FPC) 8. I have.

A predetermined conductive pattern is patterned on the connect FPC 8 in advance. Between the connect FPC 8 and the connect pedestal 7, a connect rubber 9 for reducing impact is provided. The connect FPC 8 is electrically connected to the flash charging circuit 12 (see FIG. 6).

Here, the planar electrolytic capacitor 1 employed in the present embodiment will be described in detail.

That is, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the structure of the planar electrolytic capacitor 1 and will be described in detail.

As shown in these figures, this planar electrolytic capacitor 1 comprises a laminate type electrolytic capacitor element 21 having laminated films 20a, 20a from both upper and lower surfaces.
b, and has electrodes 1a and 1b. The laminated electrolytic capacitor element 21 is sealed by a pouch formed by pressing the laminated films 20a and 20b. That is, in such a planar electrolytic capacitor 1, a pouch is always generated due to its structure.

The planar electrolytic capacitor 1 having such a configuration
Has a different structure from the cylindrical capacitor employed in the prior art described above. Therefore, in this embodiment, a special measure is taken when disposing the camera.

That is, in the camera according to this embodiment,
Holes 1c, 1d, 1 are formed in the pouch portion of planar electrolytic capacitor 1.
e (see FIG. 5 (a)) or notches 1f, 1g, 1h, and holes 1c, 1d, 1e or notches 1f, 1
g, 1h, and bosses 2 to 4 provided on the camera back cover 10.
Are fitted and fixed.

When the flat electrolytic capacitor 1 is produced, a large pouch portion is provided particularly near the electrodes 1a and 1b in order to prevent the electrolytic capacitor element 21 from leaking liquid. It can be said that providing a hole or a notch in the hole is also advantageous in terms of effective use of space.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the shapes of the holes and cutouts are not limited to those described above, and it goes without saying that various shapes can be adopted.

The above embodiment of the present invention includes the following inventions.

(1) In a camera having a flat capacitor, a hole or notch provided in a thin plate formed integrally with the capacitor, and a hole or notch provided in the camera body. A projection that fits with
A camera having a flat capacitor, comprising:

(2) In a camera having a flat capacitor, a first hole provided in a thin plate integrally formed with the capacitor, and a second hole provided in the camera body. And a mounting member that penetrates the first hole and the second hole and attaches the capacitor to the camera body.

(3) A plate-like capacitor comprising a main body, a thin plate formed around the main body, and a hole or a cutout provided in the thin plate.

(4) Flat capacitor (capacitor)
In the device to which is attached, a mounting hole (for positioning) or a notch provided in the capacitor,
A mounting projection provided on the device for mounting the capacitor, wherein the flat-shaped capacitor is mounted, wherein the hole or notch is fitted to the projection. .

(5) In a device to which a capacitor (capacitor) is mounted, a mounting (positioning) hole or notch provided in the capacitor and a mounting projection provided in the device for mounting the capacitor. And a part, wherein the hole or notch is fitted to the protrusion.

(6) The device according to (5), wherein the capacitor is mounted, wherein the capacitor is formed in a flat plate shape.

(7) In the above (5), the capacitor has a thin film portion integrally, and the thin film portion has the mounting (positioning) hole or cutout portion. A device to which a condenser is attached.

(8) Flat Capacitor (Capacitor)
In the device to which is attached, a mounting hole (for positioning) or a notch provided in the capacitor,
It has a mounting hole provided in the device for mounting the capacitor, and a fastening member for fastening (attaching) the capacitor and the device, wherein the hole or notch and the mounting hole are connected to each other. An apparatus to which a flat capacitor is attached, the apparatus being fastened with a fastening member.

(9) In the plate-shaped capacitor, a capacitor body portion, a thin film portion formed thinner than the capacitor body and provided around the capacitor body,
A flat plate-shaped capacitor comprising: a notch or a hole provided in the thin film portion.

[0034]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an electronic device that is further reduced in size and thickness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an upper cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view illustrating a configuration of the electronic apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the planar electrolytic capacitor 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the structure of the planar electrolytic capacitor 1.

5A is a view showing holes 1c to 1e provided in a pouch portion of the flat electrolytic capacitor 1, and FIG. 5B is a cutout portion 1f provided in the pouch portion of the flat electrolytic capacitor 1. FIG.
FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a connection relationship between the planar electrolytic capacitor 1 and a connect FPC 8;

FIG. 7A is an external view of a cylindrical capacitor 100 employed in the related art, and FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of mounting the capacitor 100.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Planar electrolytic capacitor 2 Boss 3 Boss 4 Boss 5 Pressure plate base 6 Pressure plate 7 Connect base 8 Connect FPC 9 Connect rubber 10 Camera back lid 11 Camera body 12 Strobe charging circuit

Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic device having a capacitor, wherein at least one of a hole and a notch provided in the capacitor, and at least one of the hole and the notch provided in the device body. An electronic device comprising: a fitting portion to be fitted. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the capacitor has a flat shape. 3. The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein a thin plate portion is integrally formed with the capacitor, and at least one of the hole and the notch is provided in the thin plate portion. An electronic apparatus according to claim 2.