Bayonet lens mounts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10139706-B2
Application number	US-201715428251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2017
Priority date	Feb 9, 2017
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A bayonet mounting system includes an interchangeable component. The system also includes a housing having a cylindrical opening with a sealing surface on a radially inward facing surface and a frustoconical surface that tappers radially outwardly from the radially inward facing surface at the cylindrical opening. The frustoconical surface is configured to radially compress at least a portion of a resilient member during attachment of the interchangeable component to the housing. The housing also has a groove extending radially outward of at least a portion of the frustoconical surface configured to retain the interchangeable component to the housing in a bayonet latching fashion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bayonet mounting system comprising:
an interchangeable component; and
a housing having a cylindrical opening with a sealing surface on a radially inward facing surface and a frustoconical surface that tappers radially outwardly from the radially inward facing surface at the cylindrical opening, the frustoconical surface being configured to radially compress at least a portion of a resilient member during attachment of the interchangeable component to the housing, the housing also having a groove extending radially outward of at least a portion of the frustoconical surface configured to retain the interchangeable component to the housing in a bayonet latching fashion; and
at least one resilient member retainable within a circumferentially extending channel in a radially outward facing surface of the interchangeable component, configured to seal the radially outward facing surface to the radially inward facing surface, wherein the at least one resilient member includes a first O-ring, and further comprising a second O-ring seated in a separate circumferential channel of the interchangeable component from the first O-ring, wherein the first and second O-rings are both on an opposite side of the groove from the frustoconical surface.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein both the first O-ring and the second O-ring engage a cylindrical, non-frustoconical surface of the housing.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an imaging sensor package seated in the housing opposite from the interchangeable component, wherein the imaging sensor package includes an imaging sensor.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the imaging sensor package is sealed to the housing.

5. The system as recited in claim 4 , wherein the housing includes a seal groove with a seal seated therein, wherein the seal sealingly engages both the housing and the imaging sensor package.

6. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the housing defines a camera enclosure housing electrical components in electrical communication with the imaging sensor, wherein the imaging sensor package is sealed against the housing to seal off the camera enclosure.

7. The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein there is an optical path from the interchangeable component to the imaging sensor package that is free of windows.

8. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the seal groove of the housing is a circumferential groove that faces inward, away from the interchangeable component.

9. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein at least one of an O-ring, adhesive, or thermally conductive material seals the housing to the imaging sensor package.

Assignees

• Sensors Unlimited Inc

Inventors

• Zhilinsky Dmitry

Classifications

• G03B17/14 Primary

  interchangeably · CPC title

• G02B7/14

  adapted to interchange lenses {(G02B7/027 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• G02B27/0006

  with means to keep optical surfaces clean, e.g. by preventing or removing dirt, stains, contamination, condensation (G02B1/18 takes precedence; cleaning in general B08B) · CPC title