Security camera with internal sealing arrangement
AssigneeClinton Electronics Corporation
InventorsGary Blaine Clinton, Daniel Blaine Clinton
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Abstract
A security camera is provided. The security camera includes an outer two-part housing having a front cover and a back cover. A camera assembly is disposed internally within the housing. The camera assembly includes a camera module carried by a support body. A seal arrangement is provided which seals the camera assembly from a portion of the interior of the camera housing, as well as the exterior. The security camera does not require the use of a sealing compound around its mounting holes when surface mounting the security camera using the mounting holes as a result of the sealing arrangement.
Claims13
1-5. (canceled)
A security camera, comprising:
- a housing having a front cover and a back cover, wherein the back cover includes a mounting arrangement for mounting the security camera to a surface;
- a camera assembly disposed within an interior of the housing;
- and
- a sealing arrangement arranged and configured to seal the camera assembly within the interior of the housing
- wherein the camera assembly includes a camera module and a camera support body that receives the camera module;
- wherein the support body is generally cylindrical in shape and includes a bottom wall, a sidewall depending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a radially extending flange extending radially outward from an end of the sidewall;
- wherein the radially extending flange extends between top and bottom surfaces, and wherein a sealing rim extends axially away from the top surface;
- wherein the sealing rim extends axially away from the top surface such that it is generally perpendicular to said top surface;
- and
- wherein the front cover includes an axially extending flange proximal the sealing rim, and wherein a gasket is pinched between the sealing rim and the axially extending flange.
11-14. (canceled)
A security camera, comprising:
- a housing having a front cover and a back cover;
- a camera assembly extending into a first interior space within an interior of the housing, the camera assembly comprising a camera module and a support body, the support body and front cover defining an enclosure bounding a second interior space;
- a sealing arrangement sealing the first interior space from the second interior space such that fluid and particulate matter flow from the first interior space into the second interior space is inhibited;
- wherein the sealing arrangement comprises a gasket positioned between the front cover and a radially extending flange of the support body;
- wherein a sealing rim extends from the radially extending flange;
- wherein the sealing rim extends axially away from the flange such that it is perpendicular thereto;
- and
- wherein the front cover includes an axially extending flange proximal the sealing rim, and wherein the gasket is pinched between the sealing rim and the axially extending flange.
A method for assembling a security camera, comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing having a front cover and a back cover, the front cover including an axially extending flange;
- situating a camera assembly within said housing such that it extends into a first interior space of the housing, the camera assembly comprising a camera module and a support body, the support body and front cover defining an enclosure bounding a second interior space, the support body having a radially extending flange extending radially outward from an end of the support body, wherein a sealing rim extends axially away from a top surface of the support body;
- sealing, with a sealing arrangement, the first interior space from the second interior space such that fluid and particulate matter flow from the first interior space into the second interior space is inhibited;
- and
- pinching a gasket between the sealing rim and the axially extending flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.