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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:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toru Ito, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A camera has a camera body for being loaded with photo film. A feeder mechanism is incorporated in the camera body, includes a feeder motor and a take-up spool, for feeding the photo film. A motor driver IC drives the feeder motor. A CPU controls the feeder motor by use of the motor driver IC. A main flexible circuit board has an upper board portion and a rear board portion. The upper board portion is located on an upper side of the camera body, and provided with the motor driver IC disposed thereon. The rear board portion extends from the upper board portion, is located behind the camera body, and is provided with CPU disposed thereon.