Patents by Inventor Gunther Heerklotz

Gunther Heerklotz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Single-lens mirror reflex camera and release mechanism therefor
    Patent number: 4264171
    Abstract: A release mechanism is provided for the viewfinder mirror, which is held in the viewfinder position, of a single-lens mirror reflex camera having a photoelectrically controlled lens diaphragm. A locking device in the release mechanism, which device interrupts the closing of the lens diaphragm, comprises a detent tooth (31) which keeps the viewfinder mirror (27) in the viewfinder position against the action of the swivel spring (30). The tooth (31) can be brought out of engagement with the swivelling lever (10) of the viewfinder mirror (27) upon the electromagnetic release of the locking device for the interruption of the closing of the lens diaphragm.This achieves a release of the viewfinder mirror, and thus the initiation of the exposure operation, to be effected approximately simultaneously with the photoelectrically controlled interruption of the closing of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Veb Pentacon Dresden Kamera- und Kinowerke
    Inventors: Werner Hahn, Gunther Heerklotz