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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Miyazaki, Tsukui-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396349 ; 396448 ;
Abstract
A camera with a lens mount having an imaging lens and a barrier which is disposed on a camera body and which is shiftable between a closed position where the barrier covers a part of the lens mount and the entire front of the imaging lens and an open position where the barrier is clear of the front of the lens mount. When the barrier is at the closed position, the barrier allows the front of the lens mount to be partly exposed. The camera thus constructed achieves a minimum dimension in the width across the camera body including the barrier.