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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Iwao Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Osawa Precision Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354 25 ; 352140 ; 354195 ;
Abstract
An automatic focusing unit of the invention is detachably mounted on a camera having a focusing tube which is adjustable to focus photographic lens on an object to be photographed. The automatic focusing unit includes a lens position detector which is urged to project outwardly from the housing of the unit and come into contact with the focusing tube to detect the position of the lens when the unit is mounted on the camera. The lens position detector is withdrawn into the housing of the unit against a biasing force when an external force is exerted thereon and successfully protected from any damage occurring from erroneous mounting of the unit on the camera.