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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Michael R Allen, Churchville, NY (US);
Jude A Sangregory, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A camera comprises flash circuit board, a shutter-flash synchronization contact conductively connected to the flash circuit board for synchronizing shutter opening and flash illumination, a shutter blade conductively connected to the flash circuit board and movable in a single direction against the synchronization contact as an incident of shutter opening to initiate flash illumination, and an optical film encoder conductively connected to the flash circuit board to receive electrical energy to provide film encoding illumination when the shutter blade is moved against the synchronization contact. The synchronization contact has a resilient extension-contact positioned for the shutter blade to move in the single direction against the extension-contact as an incident of shutter opening to initiate flash illumination and to permit the optical film encoder to begin to receive electrical energy to provide film encoding illumination, and positioned to remain in touch with the shutter blade during further movement of the shutter blade in the single direction to permit the optical film encoder to continue to receive electrical energy for providing film encoding illumination.