# US 10,480,612 B2 · Damping device and vehicle-mounted gimbal using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,612 B2 - Document ID: US10480612B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/256,818 - Filed: 2019-01-24 - Published: 2019-05-23 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-11-28 - Assignees: Sz Dji Osmo Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Sz Dji Osmo Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hao Liu; Paul Pan; Li Zhou; Yanchong Zhao; Baolu Meng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480612B2 ## CPC - F16F 15/04: using elastic means (single elements or their attachment F16F1/00 - F16F13/00); {(F16F15/023, F16F15/03 take precedence)} - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - F16F 15/085: {Use of both rubber and metal springs} - F16M 11/00: Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon {; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters} (without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; {sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22;} supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00) - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/123: {the axis of rotation intersecting in a single point, e.g. by using gimbals} - F16M 11/2035: {in more than one direction} - F16M 11/2085: {comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage} - F16M 11/2092: {comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage} - F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories} - F16M 2200/044: for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) ## Abstract A vehicle-mounted gimbal system includes a damping device and a gimbal configured to be mounted on a hanging component of a vehicle through the damping device. The damping device includes a first damping connecting member, a second damping connecting member opposite to and spaced apart from the first damping connecting member, and a steel wire rope damper. Two ends of the steel wire rope damper are connected with the first damping connecting member and the second damping connecting member, respectively. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle-mounted gimbal system, comprising: a damping device comprising: a first damping connecting member; a second damping connecting member opposite to and spaced apart from the first damping connecting member; and a steel wire rope damper, two ends of the steel wire rope damper being connected with the first damping connecting member and the second damping connecting member, respectively; and a gimbal configured to be mounted on a hanging component of a vehicle through the damping device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the steel wire rope damper is a three-dimensional damper that damps vibrations in a three-dimensional space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the steel wire rope damper comprises: a first connecting member fixedly connected with the first damping connecting member; a second connecting member fixedly connected with the second damping connecting member and arranged opposite to and spaced apart from the first connecting member; and a steel wire rope connecting the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein: the steel wire rope is wound around the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and the steel wire rope includes a plurality of elastic portions exposed between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the steel wire rope is a first steel wire rope, and the steel wire rope damper further includes a second steel wire rope, wherein: two ends of each of the first steel wire rope and the second steel wire rope are fixedly connected with the first connecting member and the second connecting member, respectively, or each of the first steel wire rope and the second steel wire rope is wound around the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the steel wire rope includes a plurality of elastic portions exposed between the first connecting member and the second connecting member, the elastic portions being distributed in central symmetry or axial symmetry between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the first damping connecting member comprises a plurality of connecting portions distributed in central symmetry or axial symmetry, at least one of the connecting portions being configured to connect the first damping connecting member with the steel wire rope damper. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein: the first damping connecting member comprises a cross-shaped plate, and end portions of the plate form the connecting portions, or the first damping connecting member comprises a circular plate, and the connecting portions are evenly disposed at a peripheral edge of the plate, or the at least one of the connecting portions is fixedly connected with the steel wire rope damper through a connecting shaft, and the connecting shaft is disposed in parallel to elastic portions of the steel wire rope exposed between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the second damping connecting member comprises a plurality of connecting portions distributed in central symmetry or axial symmetry, at least one of the connecting portions being configured to connect the second damping connecting member with the steel wire rope damper. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein: the second damping connecting member comprises a cross-shaped plate, and end portions of the plate form the connecting portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein: the at least one of the connecting portions is fixedly connected with the steel wire rope damper through a connecting shaft, and the connecting shaft is disposed in parallel to elastic portions of the steel wire rope exposed between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising: a connecting mechanism configured to detachably connect a gimbal with the second damping connecting member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the connecting mechanism comprises: an adaptor base including a dovetail-shaped slide slot and a guide slot penetrating a side wall of the slide slot; a locking block mounted in the guide slot and slidable along the guide slot; and a limiting member configured to limit the locking block, wherein: the slide slot is configured to receive a dovetail-shaped sliding portion of the gimbal, the locking block is configured to slide into the slide slot from the guide slot to snap in the sliding portion, and the limiting member is configured to limit the locking block to prevent the locking block from sliding. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the limiting member comprises: a threaded connecting member passing through the locking block and fixedly connected with the adaptor base; and an adjusting knob sleeved on the threaded connecting member and engaged with the threaded connecting member by screwing, wherein the adjusting knob is configured to move on the threaded connecting member when rotated, to compress the locking block. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein: the limiting member comprises an adjusting threaded member; the adaptor base comprises a threaded hole penetrating an inner wall of the guide slot; and the adjusting threaded member passes through the threaded hole and is engaged with the threaded hole by screwing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system according to claim 15, wherein one end of the adjusting threaded member abuts against the locking block received in the guide slot to limit the locking block. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the connecting mechanism comprises: an adaptor base including a mounting hole and a plurality of limiting bosses located on inner walls of the mounting hole, the plurality of limiting bosses being spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the mounting hole; and a hanger including a hanging pillar and a plurality of hanging bosses located on sides of the hanging pillar, the plurality of hanging bosses being arranged along a circumferential direction of the hanging pillar and disposed corresponding to the plurality of limiting bosses, respectively, wherein the hanging pillar is configured to rotate by a predetermined angle after the plurality of hanging bosses pass through gaps between the plurality of limiting bosses, respectively, to cause the plurality of hanging bosses abut against the plurality of limiting bosses, respectively, so as to hang the hanging pillar in the mounting hole. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the damping device is configured to transfer a vibration produced by the vehicle from the hanging component to the gimbal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A vehicle, comprising: the vehicle-mounted gimbal system according to claim 1; and a load mounted on the gimbal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein the load is a camera, or a vehicle-mounted speedometer.