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US 12,761,537 B2Granted
Camera gimbal
OwnerKevin Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A camera gimbal is provided having a gearbox with a gear secured to a bearing shaft and a rotary damper engaged with the gear in a manner permitting rotation of the rotary damper about a periphery of the gear and about an axis of rotation extending longitudinally through the bearing shaft and the gear. The camera gimbal including a clamp member to which the bearing shaft is secured such that rotation of the rotary damper about the gear results in relative rotation of the gearbox relative to the clamp member. The camera gimbal is purely-mechanical in operation and is without connection to a power source.
Claims18
A camera gimbal, comprising:
- a gearbox having a gear secured to a bearing shaft and a rotary damper engaged with said gear in a manner permitting rotation of said rotary damper about a periphery of said gear and about an axis of rotation extending longitudinally through said bearing shaft and said gear;
- a clamp member to which the bearing shaft is secured such that rotation of the rotary damper about the gear results in relative rotation of the gearbox relative to the clamp member;
- the camera gimbal being purely-mechanical in operation and is without connection to a power source;
- wherein the gearbox has a plurality of different mounting structures to which a pole or mounting hardware may be attached.
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