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4,036,578
Herman
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CONSTRUCTION
[75] Inventor: Richard M. Herman, Cleveland,
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431/95 R; 431/95 A
Field of Search ...... .._ ............... .. 431/95, 95 A, 98;
240/13; 317/101 CM
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ABSTRACT
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[56]
Schenectady, N.Y.
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4/ 1976
5/1976
9/1976
Ohio
[22] Filed:
3,951,582
3,956,625
3,980,877
431/95 R
Hanson ...... ..
240/ 1.3
Blount et a1. .................... .. 431/95 A
U.S. Patent
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PHO'IOFLASH ARRAY AND METHOD OF
CONSTRUCTION
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
APPLICATIONS
that one extends farther from the circuit board than the
other, so long as a suf?cient number of them are differ~
array.
board and their lead-in wires extend into metal eyelets 25 FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of
FIG. 1.
which are positioned through openings in the circuit
board. The shanks of the eyelets extend from the back
side of the board and are crimped or soldered to the
behind and parallel to the circuit board, and one or 30 FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 8 illustrate steps in the method of
the invention for attaching ?ash lamp lead-in wires to a
more eyelets are positioned through the circuit board at
circuit board.
electrical ground circuit runs, the shank ends of these
_ eyelets engaging against the metal shield and connect it
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
A multiple ?ash lamp unit 17 of the planar array type
and containing a plurality of electrically ?red ?ash
lamps is provided with a plug-in connector tab 18 at the
lower end thereof, adapted to ?t into a socket of a cam
era or ?ash adapter as shown and described in US. Pat.
of ?ash lamps 22, 23, 24, and 25, and a lower group 26
of ?ash lamps 27, 28, 29, and 30, the lamps being ar
ranged in a planar con?guration. Re?ectors 22', etc., are
disposed behind the respective ?ash lamps, so that as
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and the ends of the eyelets are crimped and bent side
comprises a sheet of paper 44 carrying a metal shield 46 20 plastic, and the rear of the clip 56 rests in touching
in the form of a layer or coating of metal such as alumi
contact against as area 57 of an electrical ground circuit
num on its front surface, and a ?ash indicator coating or
run 58 on the board and which includes the terminals 31
sheet 48 of plastic over the shield 46. Openings 51 are
and 31' and which makes contact with one of the con
nals 31, 32 or 31', 32. The top and bottom halves of the
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has diminished to a value insuf?cient to cause the sec 20 circuit board 37. This can be achieved by providing the
switch 62 to assume 'zero or low resistance, and the 25 arrangements, so that these eyelets can make contact
directly against the shield member 46. Alternatively,
second lamp 25 now has an open circuit or high resis
indicia sheet.
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?ashed in the same manner as has been described. In a 45 due to mechanical variations in con?guration, not all of
3,106,080 to C. G. Suits.
electrically grounded eyelet shank for each lamp, or for 60 the above-referenced Blount patent application. When
at least one of the lamps, extends farther from the circuit
board surface then the other eyelet shanks. Thus, as
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extending eyelets.
lowing claims.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
1. A photo?ash array comprising a plurality of ?ash 60 one side of the circuit board and in contact against at
least one of said farther extending eyelet shanks.
lamps each having pair of lead-in wires, a circuit board
9. A method as claimed in claim 8, in which said
shield member is provided with a layer of ?ash indica
tor material on the side thereof facing the circuit board,
in wires of said lamps, pairs of openings through said
circuit board at said pairs of connector areas, respec 65 and including the step of causing at least one of said
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CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
PATENT NO.
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DATED
|NVENTOR(5) I
Richard M. Herman
It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent
are hereby corrected as shown below;
[SEAL]
A nest:
RUTH C MASON
Arresting Of?cer
DONALD W. BANNER