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Position adjusting device for a camera optical unit

US6075946A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1998
Grant dateJun 13, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A position adjusting device for a camera optical unit includes a casing which is fixed within a camera for accommodating the optical unit therein, first and second supports provided between the casing and the optical unit for vertically and laterally pivotal movement of the optical unit with respect to the casing, a one-piece plate spring member having an integral laterally pressing piece for biasing the optical unit laterally and have an integral vertically pressing piece for biasing the optical unit vertically, and a pair of adjusting threads, threadingly engaged with the casing, for regulating vertical and lateral position of the optical unit against biasing forces of the vertically and laterally pressing pieces.

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