Patent ID: 6055385
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G03B,H05K

Abstract:
A camera comprising:an exterior member which forms an exterior of said camera;a camera body which forms a cartridge chamber portion having a cartridge chamber for loading a film cartridge therein, said cartridge chamber portion being disposed adjacent to said exterior member with a predetermined clearance therebetween and having a recessed part formed in one side thereof facing said exterior member; anda flexible printed circuit board on which at least one electric element is mounted, said flexible printed circuit board being disposed between said exterior member and said cartridge chamber portion in such a manner that said electric element is accommodated in said recessed part,wherein at least part of a portion of the flexible printed circuit board which does not mount the electric element overlaps with a portion of the cartridge chamber not having the recessed part, and the thickness of the cartridge chamber portion at the recessed part is thinner than the thickness of the cartridge chamber portion overlapped by the printed circuit portions, and wherein said electric element, as a whole, overlaps with the flexible printed circuit board and is located on the cartridge side of the flexible printed circuit board.