Abstract: An electronic photoflash flash device includes a case containing a photoflash network including an indicator member illuminated in the flash ready condition and transferable by a manually operable selector member from a retracted position fully housed in the case to an advance position projecting from a face of the case for wide visibility. The case is a camera body and the camera diaphragm aperture is controlled by the selector member position which also closes the network power switch when the indicator member is advanced. In one mechanism the indicator member is biased to an advanced position and the selector member is biased to a retracted position in which a member coupled thereto releasably locks the indicator member in its retracted position and when the indicator member is advanced it releasably locks the selector member in its advanced position. Alternatively the indicator member is movable with the selector member and is biased to its retracted position.

Abstract: An auto-focus camera comprising a rangefinder system, an automatic focus adjusting system, a manipulatable zone selector mechanism and a selector switch for electrically connecting the automatic focus adjusting system selectively to the rangefinder system and to the manipulatable zone selector mechanism depending upon the position of the selector switch. In one operative mode, an automatic focus control signal indicative of the zonal distance of the target object to be photographed to the camera and generated from the rangefinder system is applied to the automatic focus adjusting system to bring an objective lens assembly to one of focal positions determined by the automatic focus control signal. In another operative mode, a manual focus control signal indicative of a desired one of the focal positions of the objective lens assembly is applied to the automatic focus adjusting system to bring an objective lens assembly to the desired focal position.

Abstract: An impact absorbing device comprising a hollow polyhedral body formed with a plurality of elongated cutouts in each of its side walls. These cutouts extend in parallel relation in a direction substantially orthogonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of the polyhedral body, and each cutout has one of its longer edges protruding outward and the other longer edge protruding inward. The polyhedral body is subjected to deformation or partial breakage to absorb an impact imparted to a vehicle as when the vehicle collides against another. The device may be combined with a conventional shock absorber to enhance the effect of impact absorption.

Abstract: An automatic focusing camera according to the present invention includes an automatic distant measuring system which generates a signal indicative of a distance between the camera and a target object to be photographed upon receipt of electric power. A focusing mechanism is operatively connected to the automatic focusing system for shifting a movable objective lens automatically to a properly focused position relative to the target object. A shutter release button includes a switch mechanism for electrically connecting a power source and the automatic distance measuring system; and a shaft actuating the focusing mechanism when the shutter release button is pressed down. The switch mechanism in the shutter release button is closed upon application of a finger touch to the shutter release button, either by completion of an electric circuit through the fingertip or by sensing the finger pressure, to supply electric power to the automatic distance measuring system.

Abstract: An impact absorbing device comprising a hollow polyhedral body formed with a plurality of elongated cutouts in each of its side walls. These cutouts extend in parallel relation in a direction substantially orthogonal with respect to the longitudinal axis of the polyhedral body, and each cutout has one of its longer edges protruding outward and the other longer edge protruding inward. The polyhedral body is subjected to deformation or partial breakage to absorb an impact imparted to a vehicle as when the vehicle collides against another. The device may be combined with a conventional shock absorber to enhance the effect of impact absorption.

Abstract: A camera employing an automatic focusing system has a movable objective lens which is automatically moved to a properly focused position in accordance with a distance signal indicative of the distance between the camera and a target object to be photographed from a distance measuring element. The automatic focusing system further includes a discriminator which discriminates whether the distance measuring element properly produces the distance signal or fails to produce such distance signal. When the discriminator detects that the distance measuring element fails to produce the distance signal, the movable objective lens is automatically moved to a pan-focal position.

Abstract: A camera employing an automatic focusing system has a movable objective lens which is automatically moved from an initial position to a properly focused position in accordance with a distance signal indicative of the distance between the camera and a target object to be photographed from a distance measuring element. The automatic focusing system includes a discriminator which discriminates whether the distance measuring element properly produces the distance signal or fails to produce such distance signal. The objective lens is moved only when the distance signal is properly produced or when a substitute signal is forcibly produced from a manual control unit for the substitution of the distance signal.

Abstract: A truck comprises a frame with a driver's cab fixed on the frame and a load carrier which is normally fixed on the frame but is frictionally slidable longitudinally of the frame in the event of a longitudinal impact exceeding a predetermined value. A first hydraulic unit connected between the frame and the load carrier comprises a cylinder and piston of which one is fixed to the frame and the other to the load carrier. A front bumper is mounted on the front of the frame with a second hydraulic unit and a rear bumper is mounted on the rear of the frame with a third hydraulic unit. The second and third hydraulic units are connected with the first hydraulic unit so that fluid pressure is transmitted to the first hydraulic unit in the event of impact with either bumper.

Abstract: A camera incorporating an electronic flash device includes a flash emitting portion which is urged by a spring toward a projecting position and is normally locked in a retracted position against the influence of the spring. The flash emitting portion is released from the locked condition to move to the projecting position, when a diaphram setting member is set to a predetermined position, with other preparatory operations necessary for flash photography being effected in relation with the movement of the flash emitting portion. The flash emitting portion may be pushed back to return to its retracted position, and the diaphragm setting member is thereby automatically reset to its normal position with the other camera mechanisms being reset to a condition for daylight photography.

Abstract: An electronic flash unit and a cartridge compartment for receiving an exchangeable film cartridge are disposed respectively at a forward part and a rear part of the inside space of a camera housing of a rectangular parallelepiped configuration which is thin in the upward and downward direction. An elongate cell compartment for receiving an electric cell for the electronic flash unit is also disposed within the camera housing between the cartridge compartment and the electronic flash unit at an oblique angle with respect to the forward and rearward direction. The cartridge compartment and the electronic flash unit are mutually separated in the forward and rearward direction such that the distance between the cartridge compartment and the electronic flash unit in the lateral direction is shorter than the width of the cell compartment.

Abstract: A camera built-in flash device is movable between a retracted rest position where the light emitting portion of the device is within the contour of the camera body, and an extended operative position where the flash emitting portion projects beyond the camera contour a distance from the optical axis of the camera objective sufficient to avoid the red-eye phenomenon. A mechanism for transferring the flash device from the rest to the operative position includes a first member movable a predetermined distance relative to the camera body, a second member movable a predetermined distance relative to the first member and means for interconnecting these two members to move the flash device a distance equal to the sum of distances of movement of the members. The flash device is releasably retained at the rest and operative positions.

Abstract: A truck described herein comprises a loading table mounted on a body frame of said truck in such manner that said loading table may move in the forward direction along said body frame when an impact force larger than a predetermined value is applied to a vehicle body of said truck. An energy absorber means is interposed between said body frame and said loading table for absorbing the kinetic energy possessed by said loading table. In one aspect of the invention, the truck also comprises a stopper mounted on said body frame to limit the forward motion of said loading table along said body frame, the stopper also including separate energy absorber means for absorbing the kinetic energy of said loading table. Each of said energy absorber means consists of a member which absorbs the kinetic energy through friction, elastic deformation, plastic deformation, or through their combined effect.

Abstract: A camera accommodating film cartridges having structural signals differently configured according to the corresponding film speeds and selectively accepting a photoflash unit with a predetermined high guide number and a photoflash unit with a predetermined low guide number is provided with an automatic diaphragm mechanism which, in flashbulb photography, adjusts the aperture according to the object to camera distance. The camera includes a luminosity attenuator for guide number compensation and a luminosity attenuator for film speed compensation, each attenuator being displaceable between a nonattenuating position displaced from the camera objective light path and an attenuating position in said light path. Internal of the camera is a first sensor for differential detection of the guide number classification of a photoflash unit to be mounted on the camera for flashbulb photography.

Abstract: An energy absorbing apparatus that absorbs impact energy due to the collision of a vehicle by drawing a drawable member, in such a manner as to subject said drawable member to plastic deformation based on the relative movement between the vehicle's body and frame. The drawable member is supported rotatably by brackets between the vehicle's body and frame, and the large diameter portion of the drawable member is drawably passed through a die mounted on the brackets.

Abstract: A motor truck comprising energy transforming means located between a chassis frame and a rear body and adapted to allow an upward movement of the body relative to the frame to absorb kinetic energy of the body upon collision.

Abstract: A first slip joint and a second slip joint are respectively arranged on a member mounted within an upper part of a car and a member mounted within a lower part of a car, a retractor is mounted on a side wall inside the car body (upon, for example, a center pillar) between the first and second slip joints, and a shoulder belt and a lap belt are respectively conducted from the retractor to a tongue plate through the first slip joint and through the second slip joint. A load which is exerted on a mounting portion of the retractor when the car body is suddenly decelerated can be confined to below approximately 50 Kg.

Abstract: A motor truck comprising energy transforming means located between a chassis frame and a rear body and adapted to allow an upward movement of the body relative to the frame to absorb kinetic energy of the body upon collision.

Abstract: An energy absorbing apparatus that absorbs impact energy due to the collision of a vehicle. It draws a swingable member through a die effectively in such a manner as to subject the swingable member to plastic deformation based on the relative movement between the vehicle's body and frame.

Abstract: A camera has a cover member for opening and closing a film cartridge-retaining chamber, and a detecting member movable to effect automatic setting of the film sensitivity or automatic change-over of a filter. The film cartridge has a signal element on its side wall of a predetermined size which may be engaged by the detecting member when the film cartridge is charged into the camera for effecting the automatic setting of the film sensitivity or of the automatic change-over of a filter. After the detecting member has engaged the signal element, and thus tends to tilt the film cartridge, the detecting member is moved in a direction away from the signal element due to a closing operation of the cover member, or the detecting member is released from a force which urges the detecting member toward the signal element, thereby eliminating the influence of the force acting to tilt the film cartridge.

Abstract: A motor truck comprising energy transforming means located between a chassis frame and a rear body and adapted to allow an upward movement of the body relative to the frame to absorb kinetic energy of the body upon collision.