Patent ID: 6327442
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G03B,H05K

Abstract:
A circuit board provided on outer surfaces of an internal camera body having a containing section to hold an element of a camera, said containing section having an opening on one of said outer surfaces of said internal camera body, said circuit board comprising:a bendable portion that allows said circuit board to bend thereat; anda leaf portion that is connected, solely through said bendable portion, to a remaining portion of said circuit board, said leaf portion being movable relative to said remaining portion by bending of said bendable portion between a first position in which the bendable portion is in a non-bent condition and the leaf portion is in a planar orientation relative to the remaining portion, in such that the leaf portion covers the opening of the containing section, and a second position in which the bendable portion is in a bent condition and the leaf portion is in a pivoted condition relative to the remaining portion, such that the leaf portion does not cover the opening of the containing section, thereby allowing access to an element within the containing section.