Spring-loaded mounting housing for a camera

A camera assembly, comprising:

• a camera comprising:
• a camera head comprising at least one of each of a lens and image sensor,
• a processing module comprising image processing circuitry and power circuitry, and
• a cable connecting the camera head and the processing module;
• and
• a mounting housing for the camera, the mounting housing comprising:
• a surface contacting member comprising:
• a back end comprising an interior conduit extending along the back end,
• a front end connected to the back end, and
• a spring pivotably coupled to and extending outwardly from the back end,
• the spring pivotable to apply force on to a back side of a mounting surface when the mounting housing is mounted,
• a sliding member slidable along the interior conduit between mounted and un-mounted positions, the sliding member lockable in the mounted position to bias the spring to apply force on to the back side of the mounting surface when the mounting housing is mounted, and
• a gimbal mounted to an underside of the sliding member for retaining the camera head.

A method for mounting a camera assembly comprising a camera attached to a mounting housing, the method comprising:

• prior to inserting a back end of the mounting housing behind a mounting surface:
• creating a hole into the mounting surface sized to accept the back end but not a front end of the mounting housing that is connected to the back end, wherein a spring is pivotably coupled to and extends outwardly from the back end, the spring pivotable to apply force on to a back side of the mounting surface when the mounting housing is mounted;
• moving a sliding member that comprises part of the mounting housing to an un-mounted position, wherein moving the sliding member comprises sliding, along an interior conduit within the back end, at least a portion of the sliding member out of the back end;
• placing the back end of the mounting housing behind the mounting surface;
• pressing the front end of the mounting housing against a front side of the mounting surface while the back end of the mounting housing is behind the mounting surface;
• and
• moving the sliding member into the mounted position by sliding the sliding member into the back end along the interior conduit, wherein the sliding member biases the spring to apply force against the mounting surface when in the mounted position.