# US 11,310,429 B2 · Thermal image monitoring apparatus and distributing panel having the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,429 B2 - Document ID: US11310429B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/857,709 - Filed: 2020-04-24 - Published: 2021-05-27 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-25 - Assignees: Ls Electric Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ls Electric Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seungpil Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310429B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/50: Constructional details - H04N 23/687: {by shifting the lens or sensor position} - H04N 23/23: from thermal infrared radiation - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a thermal image monitoring apparatus and a distributing panel having the same. According to the present disclosure, a rotation-vibration reduction unit and a horizontal vibration reduction unit can prevent relative sliding between a base and a bracket and between the bracket and a thermal image camera, and also reduce vibration in a rotating direction or one direction by virtue of contact with each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A thermal image monitoring apparatus, comprising a base fixed to a fixing plate disposed in a distributing panel; a bracket coupled to the base and configured to adjust an angle forming with the base; a thermal image camera coupled to the bracket and configured to adjust a facing direction according to a coupled position thereof to the bracket; and a vibration reduction unit provided in at least one position where the base and the bracket are coupled to each other and a position where the bracket and the thermal image camera are coupled to each other, and configured to reduce vibration transferred from the fixing plate, wherein the vibration reduction unit comprises at least one of a rotation-vibration reduction unit configured to reduce vibration due to rotation of the thermal image camera or a horizontal vibration reduction unit configured to reduce vibration due to movement of the thermal image camera to right and left, wherein the base comprises a base body formed to be disposed on the fixing plate and a base protrusion coupling part protruding outward from the base body to be coupled to the bracket, wherein the base protrusion coupling part comprises a round portion with a coupling hole in which a coupling member is inserted and one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit defined on one side surface of the round portion coupled to the bracket, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket body bent or curved to be convex forward and a bracket protrusion coupling part protruding from a rear surface of the bracket body to be coupled with the base protrusion coupling part, wherein the bracket protrusion coupling part comprises a round portion coupling part having an opening communicating with the coupling hole when being coupled to the round portion and another surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit defined on one side surface of the round portion coupling part and brought into contact with the one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit to reduce vibration due to rotation of the bracket, wherein the one and another surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit have a concave-convex shape, and wherein the concave-convex shape is formed radially. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base body is provided with a coupling groove formed in a circumferential shape. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the base protrusion coupling part comprises: a rotation guide protruding from the one side surface of the round portion and forming a circumferential curved surface that is convex downward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit surrounds the coupling hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit has a concave-convex shape that is protruded and recessed repeatedly at a surface of the round portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the coupling groove is provided therein with a stopping jaw on which at least part of the coupling member for coupling between the base and the fixing plate is caught. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the bracket protrusion coupling part comprises: a rotation protrusion protruding to another side of the round portion coupling part and rotating in the vicinity of the rotation guide when the bracket rotates relative to the base centering on one axis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one surface and the another surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit has a concave-convex portion that is protruded and recessed repeatedly. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the bracket body is provided with a plurality of slots disposed with being spaced apart from one another in a lengthwise direction, and wherein the thermal image camera is fixed to the bracket through at least one thermal image camera coupling member inserted through at least one of the plurality of slots, so that a mounted position of the thermal image camera to the bracket can change. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the bracket body is provided on a front surface thereof with one surface of a horizontal vibration reduction unit defined between the plurality of slots and brought into contact with one surface of the thermal image camera to reduce vibration due to movement of the thermal image camera. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one surface of the horizontal vibration reduction unit has a concave-convex shape that is protruded and recessed repeatedly, and formed in the same direction as the lengthwise direction of the bracket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the bracket is provided on both ends thereof with cable holes so that a cable extending from the thermal image camera is inserted. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the thermal image camera is provided on a rear surface thereof with a concave portion formed concave inwardly to correspond to the bracket body bent to be convex forward. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the concave portion is formed in the lengthwise direction of the bracket body and provided by two or more in number that are intersect with each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the concave portion is provided with another surface of the horizontal vibration reduction unit brought into contact with the one surface of the horizontal vibration reduction unit to reduce vibration in one direction. ### Claim 16 A distributing panel, comprising: a cabinet having an inner space; a fixing plate installed in the cabinet being spaced apart from a power component disposed in the inner space; and a thermal image monitoring apparatus installed on the fixing plate to sense temperature of the power component, wherein the thermal image monitoring apparatus comprises: a base fixed to the fixing plate; a bracket coupled to the base and configured to adjust an angle formed with the base; a thermal image camera coupled to the bracket and configured to adjust a facing direction according to a coupled position thereof to the bracket; and a vibration reduction unit provided in at least one position where the base and the bracket are coupled to each other and a position where the bracket and the thermal image camera are coupled to each other, and configured to reduce vibration transferred from the fixing plate, wherein the vibration reduction unit comprises at least one of a rotation-vibration reduction unit configured to reduce vibration due to rotation of the thermal image camera or a horizontal vibration reduction unit configured to reduce vibration due to movement of the thermal image camera to right and left, wherein the base comprises a base body formed to be disposed on the fixing plate and a base protrusion coupling part protruding outward from the base body to be coupled to the bracket, wherein the base protrusion coupling part comprises a round portion with a coupling hole in which a coupling member is inserted and one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit defined on one side surface of the round portion coupled to the bracket, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket body bent or curved to be convex forward and a bracket protrusion coupling part protruding from a rear surface of the bracket body to be coupled with the base protrusion coupling part, wherein the bracket protrusion coupling part comprises a round portion coupling part having an opening communicating with the coupling hole when being coupled to the round portion and another surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit defined on one side surface of the round portion coupling part and brought into contact with the one surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit to reduce vibration due to rotation of the bracket, wherein the one and another surface of the rotation-vibration reduction unit have a concave-convex shape, and wherein the concave-convex shape is formed radially. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The distributing panel of claim 16, wherein the base is fixed by being rotated relative to the fixing plate centering on one axis, wherein the bracket is fixed by being rotated relative to the base centering on another axis perpendicular to the one axis, and wherein the thermal image camera is fixed by being rotated relative to the bracket centering on an axis orthogonal to the one axis and the another axis.