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US 11,622,063 B2Granted
Camera housing comprising movable thermal bridge for temperature regulation
AssigneeJohnson Controls Tyco Pp Holdings LLP
InventorSteven W. Schieltz
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Abstract
Example implementations include a camera and a thermal management apparatus for a camera including an outer housing walls, an inner bracket for mounting a camera component. The camera and thermal management apparatus further includes a thermal bridge assembly for selectively increasing a thermal conductivity between the inner bracket and the outer housing walls.
Claims14
A thermal management apparatus for an equipment housing comprising:
- outer housing walls;
- an inner bracket for mounting an image sensor;
- and
- a thermal bridge assembly comprising a torsion spring, a bridge member and a bimetallic member wherein the bridge member is movable from a first position to a second position to selectively increase or decrease a thermal conductivity between the inner bracket and the outer housing walls, with the bimetallic member moving the bridge member from the first position to the second position and the torsion spring biasing the bridge member towards the first position.
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A camera comprising:
- an image sensor;
- outer housing walls;
- an inner bracket for mounting the image sensor;
- and
- thermal bridge assembly comprising a torsion spring, a bridge member and a bimetallic member wherein the bridge member is movable from a first position to a second position to selectively increase or decrease a thermal conductivity between the inner bracket and the outer housing walls, with the bimetallic member moving the bridge member from the first position to the second position and the torsion spring biasing the bridge member towards the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.