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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuo Kano, Hachioji, JP;
Kenichi Iwaida, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/310 ;
Abstract
A camera includes: a lens barrel holding a zoom lens; a zoom viewfinder optical system having a variable magnification lens to be moved in the optical axis direction; a cam pin integrally provided on the variable magnification lens; and a cam member to move the variable magnification lens being interlocked with the movement of the lens barrel. The cam member has the cam surface provided with a protruded portion which comes into contact with only a portion of a side wall of the cam pin.