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Lens barrel with flexible printed circuit boards

US5717969A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
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42Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1997
Grant dateFeb 10, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/08
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens barrel is provided with a lens group that can move against a camera main body, an electrical device that can move with the lens group, and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards arranged one on top of the other within a space inside the lens barrel, in order to electrically connect the electrical device to an electrical device that is provided outside the lens barrel.

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