Camera having flexible circuit board
AssigneeFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Ito
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Abstract
A camera has a camera body for being loaded with photo film. A feeder mechanism is incorporated in the camera body, includes a feeder motor and a take-up spool, for feeding the photo film. A motor driver IC drives the feeder motor. A CPU controls the feeder motor by use of the motor driver IC. A main flexible circuit board has an upper board portion and a rear board portion. The upper board portion is located on an upper side of the camera body, and provided with the motor driver IC disposed thereon. The rear board portion extends from the upper board portion, is located behind the camera body, and is provided with CPU disposed thereon.
Claims25
A camera comprising:
- a camera body for being loaded with photo film;
- a feeder motor, incorporated in said camera body, for feeding said photo film;
- a motor driver IC for driving said feeder motor;
- a control unit for controlling said feeder motor by use of said motor driver IC;
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- a main flexible circuit board, having an upper board portion and a rear board portion, said upper board portion being located on an upper side of said camera body, and provided with said motor driver IC disposed thereon, said rear board portion extending from said upper board portion, being located behind said camera body, and being provided with said control unit disposed thereon.
A camera comprising:
- a camera body for being loaded with photo film;
- an exposure aperture, formed in said camera body, for creating a frame in said photo film;
- a pressure plate, disposed behind said exposure aperture, having a front surface and a rear surface, said front surface supporting said photo film;
- a main flexible circuit board secured to said rear surface of said pressure plate;
- an auxiliary circuit board secured to said camera body;
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- a belt-shaped connector for connecting said auxiliary circuit board to said main flexible circuit board, said belt-shaped connector having a length higher than an interval between said auxiliary circuit board and said main flexible circuit board, for keeping said auxiliary circuit board connected to said main flexible circuit board with looseness when said pressure plate is removed from said camera body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.