Device for holding a camera having four joints

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9725049-B2
Application number	US-201314434103-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2013
Priority date	Oct 10, 2012
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for holding a camera, which serves in particular as a parking assistance in a vehicle, said device having a housing ( 10 ) in which a carriage ( 20 ), to which said camera can be secured, is movably accommodated, wherein said carriage ( 20 ) can be driven by a gear system ( 30 ). The gear system ( 30 ) has a first swiveling element ( 31 ) and a second swiveling element ( 32 ) which are connected to the carriage ( 20 ) in an articulated matter, and each swiveling element ( 31, 32 ) is rotatably mounted on the housing ( 10 ) in such a way and the carriage ( 20 ) is rotatably mounted on each swiveling element ( 31, 32 ) in such a way that the carriage ( 20 ), between a resting position (A) and an operating position (B), carries out at least a first movement phase (I) and a second movement phase (II).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Device for the acceptance of a camera with
a housing in which a carriage is pivotably accepted at which a camera can be assembled, wherein the carriage can be driven by a gear which the gear comprises a first swiveling element and a second swiveling element which are jointly connected with the carriage wherein each swiveling element is pivotably assembled within the housing in a way and the carriage is pivotably mounted at each swiveling element in a way that the carriage performs at least a first movement phase and a second movement phase between a rest position and an operating position,
wherein each of the first movement phase and the second movement phase is movement in a different axis,
wherein during the first movement phase a posterior lower side of the carriage is moved about a first axis and an anterior lower side of the carriage about a second axis,
and wherein during the second movement phase a posterior upper side of the carriage performs a tilting movement about a third axis and an anterior upper side of the carriage performs a tilting movement about a fourth axis.

2. Device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the carriage comprises a housing-side mounting opening in order to detachably receive the camera or an acceptance opening facing towards the outside through which the camera is directed towards the outside.

3. Device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the gear comprises the first axis at the housing about which the first swiveling element is moved and the second axis at the housing about which the second swiveling element is moved and that the first axis proceeds parallel to the second axis.

4. Device according to claim 3 ,
wherein
the gear is assembled in a way that during the second movement phase a movement of the carriage about the second axis is blocked and
that the gear is assembled in a way that the first movement phase and the second movement phase at least partially occur at the same time.

5. Device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first swiveling element is mounted at the housing via a first joint and the second swiveling element is mounted at the housing via a second joint wherein the first axis proceeds through the first joint and the second axis through the second joint.

6. Device according to claim 5 ,
wherein
the gear comprises four joints in order to guide the carriage between the rest position and the operating position.

7. Device according to claim 1 , wherein
the gear comprises the third axis at the first swiveling element about which the carriage is moved and the fourth axis at the second swiveling element about which the carriage is moved.

8. Device according to claim 7 ,
wherein
the gear is assembled in a way that the third axis moves parallel towards the fourth axis during the movement of the carriage.

9. Device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the first swiveling element comprises a first connecting element at which the carriage is pivotably mounted via a third joint and that the second swiveling element comprises a second connecting element at which the carriage is pivotably mounted via a fourth joint wherein the third axis proceeds through the third joint at the fourth axis through the fourth joint.

10. Device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the housing comprises an opening through which the carriage extends in the operating position and that a lid element is intended which closes the opening in the rest position of the carriage.

11. Device according to claim 10 ,
wherein a protecting membrane is intended which sealingly closes the free space between the opening in the housing and the carriage in order to avoid the penetration of dirt particles and moisture into the housing.

12. Device according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the opening comprises a collar element at which the lid element abuts when the carriage is in the rest position wherein the collar element is configured from an elastic material.

13. Device according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the carriage and the lid element are in a mechanical operational connection and that during the movement from the rest position into the operating position the carriage moves the lid element.

14. Device according to claim 13 ,
wherein
the carriage comprises at least one pestle or that the carriage is connected with the lid element in a form or force fitting manner.

15. Device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the lid element is pivotably or detachably assembled at the housing via a swivel joint or in a form fitting or force fitting manner.

16. Device according to claim 15 ,
wherein
the swivel joint is pivotably mounted at the support of a housing lid wherein the support comprises an inner support element and two outer support elements.

17. Device for the acceptance of a camera with
a housing in which a carriage is pivotably accepted at which a camera can be assembled, wherein the carriage can be driven by a gear which the gear comprises a first swiveling element and a second swiveling element which are jointly connected with the carriage wherein each swiveling element is pivotably assembled within the housing in a way and the carriage is pivotably mounted at each swiveling element in a way that the carriage performs at least a first movement phase and a second movement phase between a rest position and an operating position,
wherein each of the first movement phase and the second movement phase is movement in a different axis,
wherein during the first movement phase a posterior lower side of the carriage is moved about a first axis and an anterior lower side of the carriage about a second axis,
wherein during the second movement phase a posterior upper side of the carriage performs a tilting movement about a third axis and an anterior upper side of the carriage performs a tilting movement about a fourth axis, and
wherein the first swiveling element comprises a guidance arm which is configured with a guidance, wherein the guidance interacts with a slide element of a drive in order to move the first swiveling element.

Assignees

• Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Buschmann Gerd

Classifications

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• B60R2011/0085

  with adjustment by rotation in their operational position · 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