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Coupling arrangement for camera and flash unit

US4153359A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Hans-Eberhard Heintke · Wächtersbach, DE
Hans Karey · Frankfurt, DE
Robert Oberheim · Liederbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 1977
Grant date	May 8, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B15/0431
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coupling arrangement for releasably coupling a flash unit with a camera unit, having a first coupling element adapted to be carried on one of the units, a second coupling element adapted to be carried on the other of the units engageable with the first element and forming with the same a bayonet coupling, and means for arresting the elements in a predetermined relative orientation subsequent to their engagement with one another.

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