Patents by Inventor Werner Tobler

Werner Tobler 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).

  • Objective for photographic cameras
    Patent number: 4831396
    Abstract: An objective for a photographic camera is mounted on a carrier having a squeezable handle by which the focusing device can be actuated. The objective has a zoom facility and may also have a macro facility which is actuated by the camera acting on the zoom facility or the macro facility by means of a sliding or a turning movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Firma Novoflex Fotogeratebau Karl Muller
    Inventors: Reinhard Hiesinger, Werner Tobler
  • Bellows assembly for photographic cameras
    Patent number: 4547053
    Abstract: The invention is designed for photographic cameras which incorporate a bellows and require electrical connections between the parts separated by this bellows. To provide a non-obtrusive and adaptable form of this electrical connection this invention provides flat, flexible electrical leads arranged between layers of the bellows and participating in undulating movements of the latter. The ends of these leads may be connected to contact-carrying plates which cooperate with contacts on the camera and for replaceable lenses of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Firma Novoflex Fotogeratebau Karl Muller
    Inventor: Werner Tobler