Pivotal flash with pivot actuator in compact camera
US5978604A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/0507
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A compact camera including a housing, and a pivotal flash that can be pivoted between a folded position against the housing and an unfolded position extending from the housing, is characterized in that the housing has a pair of elongate surfaces that come together to define a corner portion, and the pivotal flash is pivotally supported beneath the corner portion and has a pivot actuator that is located to be swung around the corner portion from over one of the surfaces to over the other surface in order to pivot the pivotal flash from the folded position to the unfolded position.
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