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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:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koushi Yoshibe, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiro Kodaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354286 ;
Abstract
An electric connecting apparatus for a camera system in which a photographic lens is mounted to a camera body by angular attachment movement through a specified range, comprises, on each of the lens and the body, a movable contact unit and a relatively fixed contact unit. The contact units of each of the lens and the body extend circumferentially over a total angular range that exceeds the attachment movement angle. The contact units of the lens are disposed to avoid interference with portions of the camera body and the contact units of the camera body are disposed to avoid interference with portions of the lens during mounting of the lens.