Photographing system for ultralow-height counterweight-free vehicle-mounted jib

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12559044-B2
Application number	US-202218285475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2022
Priority date	May 10, 2021
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A photographing system for an ultralow-height counterweight-free vehicle-mounted jib, comprising a base ( 10 ), a rotating part, a jib, and a damping part. The rotating part comprises a housing ( 1 ) provided above the base ( 10 ), a frame ( 37 ), counterweight blocks ( 36 ), a servo electric cylinder ( 35 ), a motor ( 38 ), a pinion ( 40 ), and a large gear ( 41 ). The servo electric cylinder ( 35 ) is connected to a rapid abutting structure ( 2 ) by means of a clamping member ( 43 ). The rapid abutting structure ( 2 ) is connected to the jib. The other end of the jib is connected to a gimbal camera mounting plate ( 6 ) by means of the damping part. The damping part comprises damping springs ( 8 ) and a universal joint structure consisting of a pitch damping rod and left and right swing damping rods. A air spring ( 34 ) is provided between the frame ( 37 ) and the clamping member ( 43 ). One end of the air spring ( 34 ) is connected onto the clamping member ( 43 ), and the other end of the air spring ( 34 ) is connected onto the frame ( 37 ). A jib body is driven by the servo electric cylinder to perform a pitch motion, and the weight carried by the front end of the jib body is balanced by the air spring, so that the system is counterweight-free.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib, comprising:
a base; a housing on the base; a frame, a counterweight block, a servo electric cylinder, a motor, a pinion, and a gear in the housing; a jib assembly comprising at least one rapid abutting structure; and a damping part; wherein the servo electric cylinder is connected to a first end of the jib assembly via a clamping member, wherein two air springs are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the servo electric cylinder; wherein a gimbal camera mounting plate is connected to a second end of the jib assembly through the damping part; wherein the damping part comprises at least one damping spring, at least one tilt and pan damping rod, and at least one lateral swing damping rod; and wherein at least one air spring of the two air springs is positioned between the frame and the clamping member, with a first end of the air spring connected to the clamping member and a second end connected to the frame.

2 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 1 , wherein the frame is coupled to the gear via a rotary bearing, the gear connects to a rotary bearing base plate through a disc, and the rotary bearing base plate is secured to the base, and
the gear engages with the pinion, and the pinion is linked to an output shaft of the motor via a reducer, both the pinion and the servo electric cylinder are situated within the frame, which is located within the housing.

3 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 2 , wherein the at least one damping spring comprise a plurality of damping springs arranged in pairs on the outer sides of a plurality of damping jib bodies;
further comprising: a plurality of tilt and pan damping rods positioned on the inner sides of the plurality of damping jib bodies, the plurality of tilt and pan damping rods comprising a first damping rod and a second damping rod; a first end of the first damping rod and a first end of the second damping rod being attach to a limiting damping rod steel shaft, which is fixed to the inner sides of the plurality of damping jib bodies; a second end of first damping rod and a second end of the second damping rod being linked to a plurality of damping jib square tube side plates; the inner sides of the damping jib square tube side plates being connected to damping jib square tubes, and the opposite side of these damping jib square tubes connects to damping jib fixed plates; the damping jib fixed plates are connected to damping jib fixed side plates; an upper corner of the damping jib square tube side plates being connected to a first end of a damping spring fixed bracket through a first damping jib steel shaft, and a second end of the damping spring fixed bracket being attached to the plurality of damping jib bodies via a second damping jib steel shaft; and a lower corner of the damping jib square tube side plates is linked to an end of the plurality of damping jib bodies.

4 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of tilt and pan damping rods further comprise a third damping rod, an outer end of the third damping rod connects to an intermediate damping rod support through a first tilt and pan damping rod steel shaft, and an inner end of the third damping rod links to a tilt and pan axis damping bracket via a second tilt and pan damping rod steel shaft, both the tilt and pan axis damping bracket and the intermediate damping rod support are situated at the front end of the plurality of damping jib bodies.

5 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one lateral swing damping rod comprises a fourth damping rod and a fifth damping rod, outer ends of the fourth damping rod and the fifth damping rod attach to the ends of the tilt and pan axis damping bracket, inner ends of the fourth damping rod and the fifth damping rod connect to a roll axis lower bracket; wherein the roll axis lower bracket links to a roll axis upper bracket through a damping jib roll axis; and wherein the upper part of the roll axis upper bracket attaches to a tilt and pan axis base plate, with both sides of the tilt and pan axis base plate connected to the lower edge of the tilt and pan axis damping bracket.

6 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 5 , wherein the roll axis lower bracket connects to an upper damping plate fixing plate, the bottom of the upper damping plate fixing plate connect to an upper damping plate via upper damping plate steel columns, and the upper damping plate is linked to a lower damping plate via damping steel rings, and the lower damping plate is attached to the gimbal camera mounting plate through lower damping plate steel columns.

7 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 1 , wherein the jib assembly comprises cross braces, diagonal braces, main jibs, crossbars, secondary jibs, and rapid abutting structures including the at least one rapid abutting structure, and the rapid abutting structures are fastened together with bolts;
wherein the jib assembly comprises three sections divided by two of the rapid abutting structures, with the cross braces and diagonal braces positioned directly above the main jibs; and wherein two of the secondary jibs are situated on both sides above the main jibs, and two of the crossbars are symmetrically situated on the sides of the main jibs and are coupled to steel wires.

8 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 7 , wherein each of the rapid abutting structures comprises a main jib docking male connector and a main jib docking female connector; and
wherein corresponding threaded holes are present on four corners of both the main jib docking male connector and the main jib docking female connector, and a through-hole for a corresponding one of the main jibs to pass through is located on the bottom part of both the main jib docking male connector and the main jib docking female connector.

9 . The ultralow-height vehicle-mounted jib of claim 1 ,
wherein the rear end of the servo electric cylinder is fixed onto the frame using a fixing plate; wherein a piston of the servo electric cylinder is positioned on two clamping members via fish-eye joints and fish-eye shafts; wherein an upper end of the two clamping members is equipped with an air spring front steel shaft, both ends of which are linked to the two air springs; and wherein the other end of the two air springs attach to the frame through an air spring rear steel shaft, and four sets of counterweight blocks are placed on the rear side of the frame.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Tilta Tech Co Ltd
• Tilta Inc

Inventors

• Zeng Wenping
• Fu Zheng
• Luo Yaolong

Classifications

• B66C23/66

  Outer or upper end constructions · CPC title

• B66C23/36

  mounted on road or rail vehicles; Manually-movable jib-cranes for use in workshops; Floating cranes (with pneumatic or hydraulic motors B66C23/54; vehicle or ship aspects B60 - B63) · CPC title

• B60R2011/0089

  around three axes, i.e. universally mounted · CPC title

• B60R2011/0075

  using a containment or docking space · CPC title

• B60R2011/004

  outside the vehicle · CPC title