Patent · US Expired

Camera with flip-up flash unit

US4996548A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 12, 1990
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0507
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flip-up flash unit for a camera has a built-in viewfinder opening for viewing a subject to be photographed when the flash unit is swung to an operative position elevated from the body of the camera. The body of the camera, therefore, can be made more compact because the need for a viewfinder opening in the body is eliminated.

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