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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Dieter Schaefer, Braunfels, DE;
Walter Bletz, Braunfels, DE;
Assignee:
Leica Camera AG, Solms, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
Abstract
A manually operable flashlight unit (,) having a foot part (,) fitting a finder shoe (,) on a camera (,), standard contacts (,) for chassis ground and (,) for flash release being arranged in the foot part (,), has the additional feature that a single further contact (,) is provided in the foot part (,) for a bidirectional information exchange between a circuit arrangement (,) contained in the flashlight unit (,) and a circuit arrangement (,) arranged in the camera (,).