Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993795 | Electronic device An electronic device including a fuel container to accumulate fuel inside thereof, a fuel cell device body unit engaged with the fuel container and comprising a power generating cell to generate electricity by using the fuel which is supplied from the fuel container... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7672584 | Digital device A digital device which can accommodate a large display yet still have a small overall size is provided. The digital device includes a first body with a lens and a display, and a second body with at least one operation button. The first and second body slide with res... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7499645 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus is provided. A component part containing chamber provided in the inside of a case constituting an armor of an electronic apparatus is so configured that a rectangular plate-like battery can be mounted and dismounted via a rectangular first op... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7466912 | Storage apparatus A storage compartment for loading and unloading batteries of varying sizes efficiently. The storage compartment is internally equipped with a position regulating plate part on a ceiling part, an ejection urging part, a thickness judging part, and a contact point par... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7435017 | Digital single lens reflex camera At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a digital single lens reflex camera which includes a motor on a side of a mirror box above a battery storage unit for a detachable battery, such that the motor's output shaft can be substantially perpendicular to the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409148 | Waterproof type electronic device A waterproof type electronic device is composed of a disc lid 13 capable of opening and closing an opening portion (17) of a camera apparatus body (2), a buckle (12) capable of detachably fastening the disc lid (13) to the camera a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7379667 | Image-taking apparatus An image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking system for obtaining an image of a subject, the image-taking system including a lens and an image pickup device, a battery loading part, into which a battery is loaded, the battery loading part being arranged in a p... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360956 | Camera with strap through hole in protruding area of object side surface A camera is disclosed, to which a strap can be attached without reducing the space inside the camera body. The camera comprises a first exterior member, which constitutes an object side surface of a camera body. A first area of the first exterior member protrudes wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343092 | Attachment structure of adapter In the present invention, in a battery adapter to be engaged with a camera body, a tripod screw provided at an upper surface portion is engaged with a tripod screw of the camera body, and a positioning pin is fitted in a positioning hole provided in the camera body.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7279222 | Solid-state hydrogen storage systems Improved hydrogen storage materials are disclosed. A first material comprises a hydrogen storage nanomaterial that contains nanoparticles or nanoparticle clusters of a metal that is capable of combining with hydrogen to form a metal hydride. The nanomaterials may be... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7133277 | Electronic device A miniaturized electronic device including a battery storing container having an opening for placing a battery in and out, a recording medium storing part for storing a recording medium detachably, and a plurality of circuit boards constituting predetermined circuit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110039 | Image pickup apparatus employing separate first and second battery storage areas An image pickup apparatus includes an electronic-flash charging capacitor and first and second battery storage areas separately disposed from each other so as to have the electronic-flash charging capacitor sandwiched therebetween. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7058295 | Electronic equipment Electronic equipment is disclosed with which, even when a main body receives an external force, the deformation of the main body can be restrained. The electronic equipment comprises: a main body, having a housing chamber for housing accessories; a base member, rota... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048574 | Resilient contact structure with bypass wire and camera having such contact A contact structure having a spring with electro conductivity. The spring is fixed at one inner end side of a battery housing by engaging a plurality of inflection parts of the spring to one end side of the battery housing. The spring urges the battery to the other ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6989758 | Electronic device in which different types of batteries can be selectively used as a power source An electronic device includes a battery chamber; first through fifth contacts, positioned in the battery chamber; two detection switches which are turned ON only when two battery packs are accommodated in the battery chamber in the correct direction; a voltage detec... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6806681 | Battery holder An increased capacity battery holder, which allows a device to be used for a longer time duration than can be achieved from solely internally contained batteries, capable of providing additional energy to the device, beyond internal space and volume limitations of t... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6714248 | Electronic image pickup apparatus An electronic image pickup apparatus converts a subject image formed by an image-taking optical system into an electrical signal. In order to realize miniaturization by efficiently arranging components in the apparatus, this apparatus includes a plurality of electri... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6671462 | Camera with which battery is used A digital still camera has a power source circuit, CCD and the like which are supplied with power by a battery having positive and negative electrodes. A camera body has the power source circuit, CCD and the like incorporated therein. First and second ele... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6661971 | Camera having a holding member for holding a device for measuring a lens-to-subject distance Provided is a camera capable of contributing reductions in the number of components and manufacturing costs. A holding member is mounted on a top portion of a camera body. A block portion for holding a device for range-finding, a finder and so on, a semic... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6650838 | Device for opening cover A cam groove is formed in a battery cover of a camera, while a slider is provided on a camera body side. A cam follower is formed on the slider. An entrance of the cam groove is smaller in width than the cam follower. As the slider is slid, the battery co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640058 | Camera having a miniaturized exterior shape A camera is provided which has a back cover for opening and closing an aperture, a spool chamber and a cassette chamber. A battery chamber for housing a battery is disposed on a supporting shaft side of the back cover, and the aforementioned battery chamb... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6628896 | Motorized single use camera A single use camera which has a motor to advance film comprising a light-tight casing having an exposure aperture through which exposures are made, an unexposed film wound up around a pre-winding take-up spool disposed on one side of the exposure aperture... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625401 | Battery storing apparatus, electronic equipment and photographing apparatus There is described a battery storing apparatus for storing two or more types of batteries and easily distinguishing the type of the battery, and an electronic equipment and a digital camera having it. The battery storing apparatus includes a battery stori... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6608969 | Photographic functional unit and photographic camera and method for the assembly thereof The following components can be fitted alternatively to the front of a photographic camera subassembly (FU), which is designed for recording photographic images on a photographic film (201) which is disposed therein in a light-tight manner. These componen... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6546209 | Camera A camera includes a cassette holder chamber for receiving insertion of a photo film cassette. A take-up chamber takes up photo film drawn from the photo film cassette. An exposure chamber is disposed between the cassette holder chamber and the take-up cha... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6542701 | Camera This camera is a camera having a compartment for loading and storing various members with a predetermined sheet member attached along the inner wall face of the compartment, in which the sheet member is attached at a predetermined position by a very easy ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6463221 | Battery accommodating device In a battery accommodating device, a lock member 11 is disposed on a lid 5 which is pivotally supported by a case 1 and a protrusion 22 formed on an arm piece 28 of the lock member 11 is to be engaged with an engaging portion 27 of the case 1, and a secon... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6442347 | Camera A camera includes a cartridge chamber into which a film cartridge is loaded, a spool chamber in which a spool arranged to take up thereon a film pulled out from the film cartridge is provided, a battery chamber which houses a battery therein, and a capaci... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434338 | Camera with dual-function battery/manual operating button unit A camera comprising a power source battery, and an exteriorly accessible operating button that is manually moveable to initiate at least one operation in the camera, is characterized in that the battery and the operating button are a simultaneously movabl... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6404993 | APS camera structure for film preloading An APS camera having various mechanical features that simplify film pre-loading, especially in single use APS cameras, is disclosed. The disclosed camera employs the film advance mechanism to open and close the APS film cassette's light lock door, and als... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397005 | Lens-fitted photo film unit A lens-fitted photo film unit is preloaded with unexposed photo film. A main body has a cassette holder chamber and a roll holder chamber. The cassette holder chamber contains a cassette shell. The roll holder chamber contains a roll of the photo film dra... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381411 | Camera structure A camera structure includes a front cover coupled with a rear cover, a film winding spool mounted between the front cover and the rear cover and having a hollow compartment defined therein, a battery mounted in the hollow compartment of the film winding s... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6360062 | Backup battery storing structure for a camera A backup battery storing structure is arranged such that a plurality of DX pieces for reading a DX code on a film cartridge are arranged in the axial direction of the film cartridge along the wall of a film chamber of a camera, and a backup battery with a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349179 | Camera A camera comprises a cartridge chamber, a spool chamber, and a battery chamber located on the side of at least one of the cartridge chamber and the spool chamber with respect to an optical axis of a photo-taking optical unit disposed between the cartridge... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6345157 | Camera with built-in electric circuit In order to provide a camera capable of warning a user thereof that the camera is rendered inoperable because a predetermined battery is not set in a camera body or the battery is not put in the camera properly, in the camera according to the present inve... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6334029 | Camera having a motor-driven zoom lens A camera includes a rotatable zoom lens barrel which moves along an optical axis when rotated about the optical axis relative to a camera body. A motor having a drive shaft and a motor accommodating member in which the motor is provided, are positioned in... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6327441 | Camera with battery holder cover for film compartment A camera includes a film compartment, and a cover for closing the film compartment which is configured to hold a battery. The cover has a main portion for the battery and a fold-over portion that folds against the main portion to hold the battery between ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6301448 | Battery holding structure A battery holding structure for exchangeably accommodating a battery is disclosed. The structure comprises; a battery container for exchangeably accommodating a battery therein, the container being provided with an opening through which a battery is to be... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6287028 | Arrangement of a power supply in a recyclable, digital camera A recyclable, one-time use, print on demand, digital camera comprises a housing. A chassis is contained within the housing. An image sensor device, supported on said chassis, senses an image. A processor, arranged in the housing, processes the image sense... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6282382 | Camera having compact layout In a small camera having multiple functions, a large internal component such as a battery is designed so as to protrude above the top cover flat surface of the camera and the protruding part is covered by an operational cover component such a dial for con... | 08/28/2001 |
