Camera with dual rotational joint
AssigneeFluke Corporation
InventorsDennis B. Shell, Charles E. Marzette, JR.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provides a camera, having a first camera sub-assembly, a hub coupled to the first camera sub-assembly, a second camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto and a third camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto. The third camera sub-assembly can be in electrical communication with the first camera sub-assembly and/or the second camera sub-assembly via the hub. The hub can include a slot to guide electrical cable(s). Net torque acting on the camera can be zero such that one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling when rotated to a new position via an applied torque remains in the new position when the applied torque is released.
Claims22
A camera, comprising:
- a hub coupled to first camera sub-assembly;
- a first rotational coupling rotatably coupled to the hub permitting rotational movement between the first rotational coupling and the hub, the first rotational coupling carrying and/or coupled to a second camera sub-assembly, and
- a second rotational coupling rotatably coupled to the hub permitting rotational movement between the second rotational coupling and the hub, the second rotational coupling carrying and/or coupled to a third camera sub-assembly,
- two or more of the first camera sub-assembly, the second camera sub-assembly and the third camera sub-assembly being in electrical communication via the hub.
A camera, comprising:
- a central hub;
- a first camera sub-assembly coupled to the central hub and having electrical components;
- a rotational coupling rotatably coupled about the central hub permitting rotation of the rotational coupling about the central hub, the rotational coupling carrying and/or coupled to a second camera sub-assembly, the second camera sub-assembly electrically connecting to the first camera sub-assembly via an electrical cable extending through the central hub,
- the rotational coupling comprising a slot defined on a perimeter of the rotational coupling and rotating with the rotational coupling, the electrical cable extending through the slot towards the central hub, the slot guiding the electrical cable, such that when the rotational coupling rotates about the central hub, the electrical cable is guided by the slot so as to wrap the electrical cable around the central hub.
A camera, comprising:
- a hub non-rotationally coupled to first camera sub-assembly;
- a first rotational coupling rotatably coupled to the hub permitting rotational movement between the first rotational coupling and the hub, the first rotational coupling carrying and/or coupled to a second camera sub-assembly, and
- a second rotational coupling rotatably coupled to the hub permitting rotational movement between the second rotational coupling and the hub, the second rotational coupling carrying and/or coupled to a third camera sub-assembly,
- the second rotational coupling being physically engaged to the first rotational coupling,
- wherein, when an applied torque acts on one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling:
- the hub remains stationary, and
- the one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling rotates to a new rotational position independently of the other of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling, and
- when the applied torque stops acting on the one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling, net torque acting on the camera is zero such that the one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling remains in the new position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.