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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinji Hirata, Toyonaka, JP;
Hideaki Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Assignees:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
West Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3152 / ; 315151 ;
Abstract
In a flash apparatus capable of making high-speed repeating light emission, a self-maintaining switch element provided for various purposes is prevented from erroneously operating due to the high-speed repeating light emission, by providing a circuit element which reverse-biases a control electrode of the self-maintaining switch element.