US 12,347,970 B2
Shoe apparatus, accessory, accessory shoe apparatus, and electronic apparatus
Yoshinobu Okano, Saitama (JP); Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa (JP); Hiromichi Sakamoto, Tokyo (JP); Takayuki Shu, Kanagawa (JP); Hiromi Hayasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kouji Ikeda, Tokyo (JP); Yuhei Hattori, Tokyo (JP); and Kei Tohyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,348.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-094031 (JP), filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393398 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/631 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2021.01)
CPC H01R 13/631 (2013.01) [G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 2215/056 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe apparatus attachable to and detachable from an accessory shoe apparatus of an electronic apparatus in a first direction, the shoe apparatus comprising:
a plurality of connection terminals arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
a shoe engagement portion engageable with the accessory shoe apparatus; and
a terminal protecting portion configured to project from the shoe engagement portion toward a tip side in the first direction and to protect the plurality of connection terminals,
wherein the plurality of connection terminals are exposed in a direction orthogonal to the first and second directions from the terminal protecting portion, and include slopes that tilt in an exposed direction from inside to outside in the second direction on both sides in the second direction of the terminal protecting portion.