IP Library Granted Patent US 8,376,636
Granted Patent B2
US 8,376,636 · App. 13/311,940 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Focal-plane shutter and optical apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,376,636
App. No.
13/311,940
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A focal plane shutter includes: an electromagnet; a board including an opening; blades capable of opening and closing the opening; a drive member holding an iron piece adsorbed to the electromagnet and driving the blades, the drive member being movable such that the iron piece moves toward and away from the electromagnet and being biased by a spring such that the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet; and a holding board facing the board and including a pair of sandwiching portions elastically deformable and holding and sandwiching the electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a restriction portion engaging the board and restricting a movement of the electromagnet in a direction where the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet.

Claims (25)

1. A focal plane shutter comprising:

an electromagnet;

a board including an opening;

blades capable of opening and closing the opening;

a drive member holding an iron piece adsorbed to the electromagnet and driving the blades, the drive member being movable such that the iron piece moves toward and away from the electromagnet and being biased by a spring such that the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet; and

a holding board facing the board and including a pair of sandwiching portions elastically deformable and holding and sandwiching the electromagnet,

wherein the electromagnet includes a restriction portion engaging the board and restricting a movement of the electromagnet in a direction where the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet.

2. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the pair of sandwiching portions sandwich and hold the electromagnet in the direction where the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet.

3. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the restriction portion restricts the electromagnet from inclining.

4. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the restriction portion restricts the electromagnet from disengaging from the sandwiching portions.

5. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the restriction portion has a projection shape extending from the electromagnet toward the board.

6. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 ,

wherein the electromagnet includes:

an iron core, a magnetic force generated between the iron core and the iron piece;

a coil exciting the iron core; and

a coil bobbin around which the coil is wound, and

the restriction portion is provided in the coil bobbin or the iron core.

7. An optical apparatus comprising a focal plane shutter,

the focal plane shutter comprising:

an electromagnet;

a board including an opening;

blades capable of opening and closing the opening;

a drive member holding an iron piece adsorbed to the electromagnet and driving the blades, the drive member being movable such that the iron piece moves toward and away from the electromagnet and being biased by a spring such that the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet; and

a holding board facing the board and including a pair of sandwiching portions elastically deformable and holding and sandwiching the electromagnet,

wherein the electromagnet includes a restriction portion engaging the board and restricting a movement of the electromagnet in a direction where the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2022
From: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
To: SEIKO GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062182/0124 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 050872/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 050873/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2011
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI; NAKANO, YOICHI
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 027458/0614 →