Patent ID: 7178999

Claim:
A camera comprising: an exposure aperture, a shutter that is movable open and closed to uncover and re-cover said exposure aperture, an electronic flash that is fired to provide flash illumination, a normally open shutter-flash synchronization switch that is closed to synchronize shutter opening and firing of said electronic flash, and a high energy striker that is movable for inducing said shutter to open and said shutter-flash synchronization switch to close, wherein: said shutter has a pair of blades that are supported for movement away from one another to open said shutter and for movement towards one another to re-close said shutter; a single-piece driver is supported for movement to move said blades away from one another and close said shutter-flash synchronization switch and for return to permit said shutter-flash synchronization switch to reopen and move said blades towards one another; and said high energy striker is supported to strike said single-piece driver so that when the high energy striker strikes the single-piece driver only the impact of the high energy striker against the single-piece driver moves said single-piece driver to move said blades away from one another to open said shutter to uncover said exposure aperture and also moves said single-piece driver to close said shutter-flash synchronization switch.