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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. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Mizobuchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396542 ; 361818 ;
Abstract
A plurality of IC chips forming an electronic circuit serving to control at least a part of a camera body are mounted to a flexible printed circuit board. These plural IC chips are arranged in asymmetry with each other with respect to a predetermined bending line of the flexible printed circuit board such that, when the flexible printed circuit board is bent by about 180.degree. along the predetermined bending line, these IC chips do not overlap with each other.