IP Library Granted Patent US 8,465,217
Granted Patent B2
US 8,465,217 · App. 13/608,202 · Granted Jun 18, 2013

Focal-plane shutter and optical equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,465,217
App. No.
13/608,202
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A focal-plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a leading blade and a trailing blade; a trailing blade lever; a first lever; a second lever; a self-holding type solenoid; a leading blade electromagnet and a trailing blade electromagnet; and a set lever.

Claims (22)

1. A focal-plane shutter comprising:

a board including an opening;

a leading blade and a trailing blade capable of opening and closing the opening;

a trailing blade lever capable of driving the trailing blade;

a first lever connected to the leading blade and capable of driving the leading blade;

a second lever arranged coaxially with the first lever, and having an engagement portion abutting with the first lever to push the first lever such that the leading blade opens the opening;

a self-holding type solenoid capable of holding the first lever such that the leading blade opens the opening in a state where the self-holding type solenoid is not energized;

a leading blade electromagnet and a trailing blade electromagnet respectively capable of holding the second lever and the trailing blade lever in a state where the leading blade electromagnet and the trailing blade electromagnet are energized; and

a set lever setting the second lever and the trailing blade lever such that the second lever and the trailing blade lever respectively abut with the leading blade electromagnet and the trailing blade electromagnet,

wherein a first mode, where the second lever and the trailing blade lever are set in a state where the leading blade and the trailing blade open the opening, or a second mode, where the second lever and the trailing blade lever are set in a state where the leading blade closes the opening and the trailing blade opens the opening, is selectively switched.

2. The focal-plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein

in the first mode, the second lever is set in a state where the first lever is held by the self-holding type solenoid, and

in the second mode, the second lever is set in a state where the first lever recedes from the self-holding type solenoid.

3. The focal-plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein

the first lever is biased by a first biasing member such that leading blade closes the opening, and

the second lever is biased by a second biasing member such that the second lever push the first lever and that the leading blade opens the opening.

4. The focal-plane shutter of claim 3 , wherein

in the first mode, the second lever is set, the first lever is moved by the biasing force of the first biasing member to cause the leading blade to close the opening in a state where the second lever is held by the leading blade electromagnet, and then energization of the leading blade electromagnet is cut off to cause the first lever to move in accordance with the biasing force of the second biasing member against the biasing force of the first biasing member, so that the leading blade opens the opening, and

in the second mode, the second lever is set, and then energization of the leading blade electromagnet is cut off to cause the first lever to move in accordance with the biasing force of the second biasing member against the biasing force of the first biasing member, so that the leading blade opens the opening.

5. The focal-plane shutter of claim 4 , wherein energization of the leading blade electromagnet is cut off in a state where the second lever is adsorbed with and held by the leading blade electromagnet, and then the second lever is rotated by the biasing force of the second biasing member, so that the first lever abuts with the non-energized self-holding type solenoid.

6. The focal-plane shutter of claim 3 , wherein in the first mode, the trailing blade lever is set, and then energization of the trailing blade electromagnet is cut off in a state where the leading blade opens the opening, so that the trailing blade closes the opening.

7. An optical equipment comprising the focal-plane shutter of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
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 Oct 4, 2012
From: NAKANO, YOICHI; TANAKA, HIDEKI
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 029076/0001 →