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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shoji Iwazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Pentax Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/700 ;
Abstract
A drive control circuit for an electromagnetic driving device includes a magnet and a drive coil, which moves due to an electromagnetic force when an electrical current flows therethrough. The drive control circuit may include (1) a drive circuit that feeds an electrical current to the drive coil, the drive circuit including at least one voltage source, and (2) a short-circuit system that short-circuits the drive coil. The short-circuit system releases the short-circuited condition of the drive coil in accordance with an output voltage of the at least one voltage source.