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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. 19, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ;
Abstract
Camera body and taking lens unit are constructed such that they may rotate relative to each other, and circuit board of connector to which taking lens unit is mounted and the electrical circuitry inside the camera body are connected by means of flexible circuit board. Further, the grounding line is strengthened by having reinforcing plate that is in electrical contact with detachable circuit board comprise a metal plate and by having metal plate connected with the grounding line of the camera body to move against reinforcing plate.