IP Library Granted Patent US 9,069,231
Granted Patent B2
US 9,069,231 · App. 14/291,717 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Focal plane shutter and optical apparatus

Inventors: Seiichi Oishi (Narashino, JP); Minori Murata (Narashino, JP); Hiroshi Takahashi (Narashino, JP); Shoichi Tokura (Narashino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
G03B9/40
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Patent No.
US 9,069,231
App. No.
14/291,717
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a shutter opening and closing the opening; a drive source driving the shutter; a drive lever driven by the drive source; a drive arm connected to the drive lever and driving the shutter; a restriction portion defining a stop position of the drive lever; and a buffering member elastically deformable, wherein, when the drive lever drives, abuts the restriction portion, and stops, at least one of the drive arm and the shutter temporarily abuts the buffering member, is spaced from the buffering member, and stops.

Claims (33)

1. A focal plane shutter, comprising:

a board including an opening;

a shutter opening and closing the opening;

a drive source driving the shutter;

a drive lever driven by the drive source;

a drive arm connected to the drive lever and driving the shutter;

a restriction portion defining a stop position of the drive lever; and

a buffering member elastically deformable,

wherein the drive lever drives, abuts the restriction portion, and stops,

wherein when the drive lever is stopped,

at least one of the drive arm and the shutter temporarily abuts the buffering member, is spaced from the buffering member, and stops,

so that the at least one of the drive arm and the shutter stops and is spaced from the buffering member in a state where the drive lever stops and abuts the restriction portion.

2. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein when the drive lever is stopped by the restriction portion, the shutter is positioned at a position where the shutter starts in an exposure operation.

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

the shutter includes a leading shutter and a trailing shutter;

the drive arm includes a leading shutter drive arm and a trailing shutter drive arm respectively driving the leading shutter and the trailing shutter; and

at least one of the trailing shutter drive arm and the trailing shutter temporarily abuts the buffering member, is spaced from the buffering member, and stops.

4. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein:

the drive arm temporarily abuts the buffering member; and

the shutter does not abut the buffering member.

5. The focal plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the drive source is an actuator.

6. An optical apparatus comprising a focal plane shutter, comprising:

a board including an opening;

a shutter opening and closing the opening;

a drive source driving the shutter;

a drive lever driven by the drive source;

a drive arm connected to the drive lever and driving the shutter;

a restriction portion defining a stop position of the drive lever; and

a buffering member elastically deformable,

wherein the drive lever drives, abuts the restriction portion, and stops,

wherein when the drive lever is stopped,

at least one of the drive arm and the shutter temporarily abuts the buffering member, is spaced from the buffering member, and stops,

so that the at least one of the drive arm and the shutter stops and is spaced from the buffering member in a state where the drive lever stops and abuts the restriction portion.

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 Jul 1, 2014
From: OISHI, SEIICHI; MURATA, MINORI; TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI; TOKURA, SHOICHI
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 033222/0276 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-129949 · Jun 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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