Zoom compact camera

Details Zoom compact camera Zoom compact camera

1996-12-30

1999-03-16

Perkey, W. B.

Photography

Having variable focal length of camera objective

396349, 396542, G03B 1700

Patent

active

058841059

ABSTRACT:
A zoom compact camera arranged such that, during a zooming procedure, the relative amount and speed of movement along the optical axis of a first movable barrel with respect to a second movable barrel are set to be substantially equal to the relative amount and speed of movement along the optical axis of the second movable barrel with respect to a third movable barrel. A linear guide barrel integrally moves with the third movable barrel, and is provided with a lead-in groove that runs parallel to the optical axis and the lead-in groove has a through-hole at the rear thereof. A flexible printed circuit board is arranged such that it extends rearward from an electrical unit, extends around the rear of the second movable barrel, extends inside the lead-in groove on the inner face of the linear guide barrel, extends around the front of the lead-in groove to be fixed to the outer face of the linear guide barrel, further extends along the outer face of the linear guide barrel, and then passes to the inner face of the linear guide barrel via the through-hole.

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