JONATHAN D KAPLAN
Podiatry in Newton, MA

4799077, Jan 17, 1989

Nov 23, 1987

7/124033

Jonathan I. Kaplan - West Newton MA
Stephen M. Pero - Medford MA

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

G03B 300

354400

The shutter blades of a scanning blade shutter and the movable element of an adjustable focus lens in a single lens reflex camera are actuated by a single or common drive. The scanning blade shutter is coupled to the common drive by a rotatably mounted beam member. The movable lens element is also coupled to the common drive through a drive link assembly and the same beam member. Actuation of the beam member by the common drive simultaneously moves the shutter blades in the single lens reflex camera toward their closed positions and moves the lens element coupled thereto by a drive link assembly toward a rangefinder-determined lens focal position. A solenoid coupled to a drive link in the drive link assembly and responsive to rangefinder-derived object distance signals actuates the drive link to uncouple the movable lens element from the beam member when the movable lens element has been moved to a particular focal position determined by the rangefinder. The common drive then moves the shutter blades to their full closed positions after the movable lens element has been uncoupled. The drive link connection between the beam member and the movable lens element is re-established subsequent to film exposure to thereby enable the common drive to return the movable lens element to its initial focal position while moving the shutter of the single lens reflex camera to its full open position.

4281886, Aug 4, 1981

Aug 16, 1979

6/067029

Jonathan I. Kaplan - West Newton MA

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

H01R 424

339 97R

A wire terminal connection by which a leaf-like contact may be electrically joined with a stripped end portion of a wire lead retained by a non-conductive mounting structure for the contact. As disclosed, the connection is embodied in a battery contact assembly of a photographic camera in which all electrical components are assembled as an interior module to be pretested for operational reliability prior to assembly of the module with an exterior housing. The retention of the wire leads by the non-conductive contact mounting facilitates module assembly and pretesting prior to applying the battery contacts.

4526444, Jul 2, 1985

Apr 2, 1984

6/595715

Stephen D. Fantone - Saugus MA
Robert M. Goward - Concord NH
Jonathan I. Kaplan - West Newton MA

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

G02B 2308, G02B 2310, G02B 2314, G03B 1306

350501

A viewfinder assembly fabricated virtually exclusively of injection molded plastics includes a housing, four lens groups, four mirrors for folding the optical path and providing for proper image orientation, and mirror retainers. All of the components are structured to snap-fit together such that the optical components of the assembly are automatically nominally positioned when placed connected in the housing. Adjustment features for lens tilt and framing are also provided and, as well, means for displaying visual information in the viewfinder field.

2009008, Apr 2, 2009

May 30, 2008

12/129802

Nicole Y. Mordecai - Weston MA, US
Jonathan H. Kaplan - Newton MA, US

G06F 3/048, H04N 7/14

715757, 348 1401, 348E07078

A system allows for a real world person to make and receive a real world phone call using virtual world tools. The system runs software for rendering a virtual environment in which users at workstations in the real world are represented by avatars in the virtual world. The virtual world software of the present system is interconnected via a network to a private and public telephone network to allow a connection between a virtual and real world phone system. The virtual world embodiment of the communication between the virtual world and real world includes a plurality of states by which a conversation is visually and audibly indicated.

4452520, Jun 5, 1984

Dec 16, 1982

6/450284

Jonathan I. Kaplan - West Newton MA

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

G03B 1704, G03B 1302

354126

A folding camera including first, second and third housings pivotally interconnected for movement between an operative extended position and a folded position, and a source of artificial illumination, e. g. , a strobe, which automatically moves into an operative position as the housings move into the fully extended position. A manually operable lever is pivotally coupled to the third housing and coupled to the strobe such that the rotation of the lever from a first position to a second position is effective to initially move the strobe into a retracted position and thereafter continued application of force to the lever causes rotation of the third and second housings into a folded position atop the first housing.

4391039, Jul 5, 1983

Jul 22, 1981

6/287766

Jonathan I. Kaplan - West Newton MA

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

H01R 4300

29884

A wire terminal connection by which a leaf-like contact may be electrically joined with a stripped end portion of a wire lead retained by a non-conductive mounting structure for the contact. As disclosed, the connection is embodied in a battery contact assembly of a photographic camera in which all electrical components are assembled as an interior module to be pretested for operational reliability prior to assembly of the module with an exterior housing. The retention of the wire leads by the non-conductive contact mounting facilitates module assembly and pretesting prior to applying the battery contacts.