Patents Examined by Safet Metajahic
  • Moveable lens barrier for a camera which reduces camera size
    Patent number: 5701533
    Abstract: A camera with a lens mount having an imaging lens and a barrier which is disposed on a camera body and which is shiftable between a closed position where the barrier covers a part of the lens mount and the entire front of the imaging lens and an open position where the barrier is clear of the front of the lens mount. When the barrier is at the closed position, the barrier allows the front of the lens mount to be partly exposed. The camera thus constructed achieves a minimum dimension in the width across the camera body including the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Hiroaki Miyazaki