Thermal imager devices
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsOttoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Nicholas A. Gabbey
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Abstract
A thermal imager device, where the thermal imager device includes a thermal imager housing. The thermal imager housing includes a display and user controls. The thermal imager device also includes a removable detector housing including a thermal detector. The thermal imager device also includes a flexible connector configured to detachably couple the removable detector to the thermal imager housing, the flexible connector including a first end, a second end, and a body between the first end and the second end, where the flexible connector is configured to detachably couple to the thermal imager housing at the first end, and where the flexible connector is configured to detachably couple to the removable detector housing at the second end.
Claims20
A thermal imager device comprising:
- a thermal imager housing, the thermal imager housing comprising a display and user controls;
- and
- a removable detector housing comprising a thermal detector, a visible light camera, and a visible light integrated into the removable detector housing,
- wherein the removable detector housing comprises a first connector,
- wherein the thermal imager housing comprises a second connector, and
- wherein the removable detector housing is configured to detachably couple directly to the thermal imager housing by coupling the first connector to the second connector.
A thermal imager device comprising:
- a thermal imager housing comprising a display, user controls, and a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises at least one processor and a data storage comprising program instructions stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor cause the thermal imager device to perform at least one function;
- and
- a removable detector housing comprising a thermal detector, a visible light camera, and a visible light integrated into the removable detector housing,
- wherein the removable detector housing comprises a first connector,
- wherein the thermal imager housing comprises a second connector, and
- wherein the removable detector housing is configured to detachably couple directly to the thermal imager housing by coupling the first connector and the second connector.
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