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Electromagnetic driving device for a camera

US4396267A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1981
Grant dateAug 2, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B3/10
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electromagnetic driving device for a camera having a first state for performing a focus adjusting operation of the objective lens by detecting the object distance which is followed after the termination of this focus adjusting operation, by a second state for initiating an exposure operation. A driven member is movable from an initial position in either 1st or 2nd direction by controlling the direction of current flow to a coil positioned in a magnetic field of permanent magnets. Movement of this driven member in the 1st direction controls the focus adjusting operation, and movement in the 2nd direction controls the exposure operation.

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