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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Jude A. SanGregory, Spencerport, NY (US);
Michael R. Allen, Churchville, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An electronic flash unit includes a flash circuit board, an illumination-producing flash tube having two opposite end electrodes, respective electrical conductors contacting the opposite end electrodes to electrically connect them to the flash circuit board, an energy-storing capacitor electrically connected to the flash circuit board and chargeable to a storage capacity sufficient to cause the flash tube to provide illumination, and a flash charge switch which when manually closed permits the capacitor to be charged. The flash charge switch has a movable closing-switch element that forms an integral single piece with one of the electrical conductors contacting the opposite end electrodes of the flash tube.