Damage resistant rotatable video camera assembly
AssigneeVideotec S.p.A.
InventorsAlessio Grotto, Angelo Ribello
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Abstract
A video camera assembly, includes a movable body to house a video camera and coupled in a rotatable manner to a base body. The base body has a cavity with a base portion of the base body and a closing wall which has a seat defining a through hole. The cavity houses a shaft on the first end of which the movable body is mounted, said first end of the shaft passes through the through hole of the closing wall and is coupled to the through hole by means of a first bearing inserted in the seat. The end of the shaft opposite to the first end is supported by a rolling type second bearing, and is connected to the base body. The second bearing is inserted in an annular seat made of material which projects from the base portion of the cavity towards the closing wall.
Claims20
A video camera assembly, comprising a movable body to house a camera and that is rotatably coupled to a base body,
- the base body has a cavity defined by a base portion of the base body and a closing wall which has a seat defining a through hole,
- wherein the cavity houses a shaft on a first end of which the movable body is mounted, said first end of the shaft passing through the through hole of the closing wall and being coupled to said through hole by means of a first bearing inserted in the seat, and
- the end of the shaft opposite to the first end is supported by a second bearing, said second bearing being a rolling bearing and being connected to the base body,
- wherein
- the second bearing is inserted in an annular seat made of elastically deformable material which projects from the base portion of the cavity towards the closing wall,
- the first bearing is a sliding bearing and comprises an annular shoulder and a body which projects axially from the annular shoulder, said annular shoulder being adapted to abut against the closing wall when the first bearing is inserted in the seat, and
- the closing wall is made of an elastically deformable material which can be removably fixed to a peripheral surface of the base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.