IP Library Granted Patent US 9,274,401
Granted Patent B2
US 9,274,401 · App. 14/700,687 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Focal-plane shutter and optical device

Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi (Narashino, JP); Mitsuru Suzuki (Narashino, JP); Minori Murata (Narashino, JP); Makoto Toriumi (Narashino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
G03B9/08
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Patent No.
US 9,274,401
App. No.
14/700,687
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A focal-plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a blade opening and closing the opening; a rotor of an actuator for driving the blade; an output member rotated by the rotor and including a first gear portion; a drive member including a second gear portion meshing with the first gear portion, rotating about a predetermined axis, and driving the blade; and a positioning portion abutting with the drive member and defining an end of a rotational range of the drive member, wherein the first and second gear portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in a plane direction perpendicular to the axis.

Claims (38)

1. A focal-plane shutter, comprising:

a board including an opening;

a blade opening and closing the opening;

a rotor of an actuator for driving the blade;

an output member rotated by the rotor and including a first gear portion;

a drive member including a second gear portion meshing with the first gear portion, rotating about a predetermined axis, and driving the blade; and

a positioning portion abutting with the drive member and defining an end of a rotational range of the drive member,

wherein the first and second gear portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in a plane direction perpendicular to the axis,

wherein the first gear portion includes a first thin portion and a first thick portion different from each other in thickness in a direction of the axis,

wherein the second gear portion includes a second thin portion and a second thick portion different from each other in thickness in the direction of the axis, and

wherein when the drive member abuts with the positioning portion, the first and second thick portions mesh with each other, and the first and second thin portions are spaced from each other, and the first and second thick portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in the plane direction.

2. The focal-plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein when the drive member is positioned in another end of the rotational range, the first and second thin portions mesh with each other, the first and second thick portions are spaced from each other, and the drive member partially overlaps the first thin portion in the direction of the axis.

3. The focal-plane shutter of claim 2 , wherein when the drive member is positioned in the another end of the rotational range, the drive member partially overlaps the rotor in the direction of the axis.

4. The focal-plane shutter of claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion is provided in the board.

5. An optical device comprising a focal-plane shutter, comprising:

a board including an opening;

a blade opening and closing the opening;

a rotor of an actuator for driving the blade;

an output member rotated by the rotor and including a first gear portion;

a drive member including a second gear portion meshing with the first gear portion, rotating about a predetermined axis, and driving the blade; and

a positioning portion abutting with the drive member and defining an end of a rotational range of the drive member,

wherein the first and second gear portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in a plane direction perpendicular to the axis,

wherein the first gear portion includes a first thin portion and a first thick portion different from each other in thickness in a direction of the axis,

wherein the second gear portion includes a second thin portion and a second thick portion different from each other in thickness in the direction of the axis, and

wherein when the drive member abuts with the positioning portion, the first and second thick portions mesh with each other, and the first and second thin portions are spaced from each other, and the first and second thick portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in the plane direction.

6. A focal-plane shutter, comprising:

a board including an opening;

a blade opening and closing the opening;

a rotor of an actuator for driving the blade;

an output member rotated by the rotor and including a first gear portion;

a drive member including a second gear portion meshing with the first gear portion, rotating about a predetermined axis, and driving the blade; and

a positioning portion abutting with the drive member and defining an end of a rotational range of the drive member,

wherein the first and second gear portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in a plane direction perpendicular to the axis,

wherein the first gear portion includes a first thin portion and a first thick portion different from each other in thickness in a direction of the axis,

wherein the second gear portion includes a second thin portion and a second thick portion different from each other in thickness in the direction of the axis, and

wherein when the drive member abuts with the positioning portion, the first and second thin portions mesh with each other, and the first and second thick portions are spaced from each other, and the first and second thin portions and the positioning portion overlap one another in the plane direction.

7. The focal-plane shutter of claim 6 , wherein when the drive member is positioned in another end of the rotational range, the first and second thick portions mesh with each other, the first and second thin portions are spaced from each other, and the drive member partially overlaps the first thin portion in the direction of the axis.

8. The focal-plane shutter of claim 7 , wherein the drive member partially overlaps the rotor in the direction of the axis.

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 Jun 24, 2015
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI; SUZUKI, MITSURU; MURATA, MINORI; TORIUMI, MAKOTO
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 035894/0786 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-241982 · Nov 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013078869 · Oct 24, 2013
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