Locking hinge mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10838285-B2
Application number	US-201916404697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2019
Priority date	May 4, 2018
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A locking hinge device may be selectively engaged in accordance with different configurations between elements of the device. The elements may include a locking gear configured to travel along an axis to engage a receiving gear. The elements may include a second receiving gear to which the locking gear is engaged. A system comprising the locking hinge device may be locked at an opening angle between components of the system when elements of a locking hinge device are selectively engaged in a hinge of the system. The system may be a locking hinge system for a camera mount and the components may include a component configured to couple to a camera. The camera may be a body-wearable camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A locking hinge device, comprising:
a first gear with first splines configured to travel along an axis;
a second gear with second splines; and
a third gear with third splines configured to receive the first splines of the first gear, wherein a rotation of the locking hinge device about the axis is prevented when the first splines and the second splines are selectively engaged.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the third splines prevent the first gear from rotating about the axis separately from the third gear.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first gear is configured to travel along the axis when the second splines are aligned with the third splines.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first gear is coupled to a first mount component via the third gear and the second gear is integrated with a second mount component.

5. The device of claim 1 , comprising a biasing device, wherein a force is applied to a first end of the first gear along the axis in a first direction by the biasing device.

6. The device of claim 5 , comprising a hinge tab provided at a second end of the first gear along the axis.

7. A locking hinge system, comprising:
a first mount component;
a second mount component; and
a locking hinge device including:
a first gear with first splines configured to travel along an axis;
a second gear with second splines; and
a third gear with third splines configured to receive the first splines of the first gear, wherein a rotation of the first mount component and the second mount component about the axis is prevented when the first splines and the second splines are selectively engaged.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first mount component is a camera mount component configured to couple to a camera and the second mount component is configured to couple to a clothing mount or a vehicle mount.

9. The system of claim 7 , including a second locking hinge device comprising:
a fourth gear with fourth splines; and
a fifth gear with fifth splines, wherein rotation of the first mount component and the second mount component about the axis is prevented when the fourth splines and the fifth splines are selectively engaged.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second gear and the fifth gear are both physically integrated with one of the first mount component and the second mount component.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second splines are provided at a first angle about the axis and the fifth splines are provided at a second angle about the axis.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first angle is different from the second angle.

13. The system of claim 9 , the first splines and the second splines are configured to be engaged at one or more first angles about the axis and the fourth splines and the fifth splines are configured to be engaged at one or more second angles about the axis, the first angles different from the second angles.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first gear and the fourth gear are configured to be:
separated along the axis by at least a first distance when the first splines and the second spines splines are selectively engaged or the fourth splines and the fifth splines are selectively engaged; and
separated along the axis by less than the first distance when both the first splines and the second splines are not selectively engaged and the fourth splines and the fifth splines are not selectively engaged.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second locking hinge device includes a sixth gear with sixth splines engaged with the fourth splines.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the third gear and the sixth gear are both physically integrated with one of the second mount component and the first mount component.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the second splines and the fifth splines are aligned with each other about the axis and the third splines and the sixth splines are aligned with each other about the axis.

18. The system of claim 9 , comprising a biasing device along the axis, positioned to provide a force along the axis to each of the first gear and the fourth gear.

19. A locking hinge system for a camera mount, comprising:
a first mount component configured to be coupled to a camera;
a second mount component configured to be coupled to one of a clothing mount and a vehicle mount;
a first locking hinge device including:
a first locking gear configured to travel along an axis; and
a first receiving gear including a first concave region, the first concave region configured to receive the first locking gear to selectively engage the first locking gear, wherein rotation of the first mount component and the second mount component about the axis is prevented when the first locking gear and first receiving gear are selectively engaged; and

a second locking hinge device including:
a second locking gear configured to travel along the axis; and
a second receiving gear including a second concave region, the second concave region configured to receive the second locking gear to selectively engage the second locking gear, wherein rotation of the first mount component and the second mount component about the axis is prevented when the second locking gear and second receiving gear are selectively engaged.

20. The locking hinge system of claim 19 , wherein the first locking gear is configured to selectively engage the first receiving gear in a first direction along the axis and the second locking gear is configured to selectively engage the second receiving gear in a second direction along the axis, the first direction opposite the second direction.

Assignees

• Axon Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Mayville Wayne R

Classifications

• F16C11/10

  Arrangements for locking · CPC title

• F16M13/04

  for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains {, e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head (apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B)} · CPC title

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• B60R2011/0049

  for non integrated articles · CPC title

• B60R11/04 Primary

  Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle · CPC title