US 7,542,094 B2
Adapter device
Hitoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tomoyasu Katsuyama, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/313,703.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-001871 (JP), filed on Jan. 06, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0146181 A1, Jul. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. H04N 3/14 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 348—375  [348/373; 348/376; 396/420; 396/426] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter device to which a video camera device is to be attached the adapter device comprising:
An adapter body including:
A receptacle configured to receive therein the video camera device,
An opening formed at a rear end of the adapter body such that the video camera device is inserted through the opening when the video camera device is installed in the adapter body,
A lens-unit mount formed at a front end of the adapter body such that when the video camera device is installed in the adapter body, the video camera device passes through the opening toward the lens-unit mount;
A lid provided pivotably on a vertical pivot of the adapter body to open and close the opening; and the lid including a mount base, that is provided on a top of the lid, and that is configured to receive a viewfinder and a terminal block opening, such that electrical connections on a rear of the video camera device pass through the lid when the video camera device is installed in the adapter body;
Wherein the mount base is offset radially from an optical axis of the video camera device in a vertical direction; and
Wherein the lid further includes a slider such that the viewfinder is slideable in a direction towards the front end of the adapter body.