Camera Mount Assembly with Temporary Holding for High Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of surveillance cameras, often mounted high off the ground, is complicated by the need for scaffolds or ladders, making the process cumbersome and requiring a means to temporarily hold components together for easier assembly and wiring attachment.
Innovation Solution
An assembly comprising a first and second component connected via a hollow holding member and threaded fastener, where the holding member is resiliently deformable to facilitate temporary connection and secure the components together, allowing for easier installation steps like wire attachment, and subsequent securing with a threaded fastener.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If surveillance cameras are mounted many meters off the ground to obtain a clear view, then the surveillance effectiveness is improved, but the installation complexity increases requiring scaffolds or ladders
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a mounting bracket with socket and a camera housing with corresponding socket, connected through a holding member. This segmentation allows the components to be assembled separately at ground level and then mounted together at height without requiring scaffolding.
Solution Approach 2:
A holding member acts as an intermediary element between the mounting bracket and camera housing. This holding member features a resilient top section that can be inserted through inlet restrictions into sockets, temporarily securing the components together during installation before final fastening with threaded fasteners.
2Strength
If threaded fasteners are used to secure components, then the connection strength is improved, but the device complexity increases with multiple parts
Solution Approach 1:
The holding member with its resilient top section performs a preliminary connection action by being inserted through the inlet restrictions into the sockets of both mounting bracket and camera housing. This preliminary action temporarily secures the components together, allowing for alignment and preparation before the final strengthening action of threading fasteners through the holding member to secure the connection permanently.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and compact connection of camera device components during installation, simplifying the process and reducing the need for scaffolds or ladders, while ensuring a reliable assembly.
Implementation Method 1
a top section of the second portion of the hollow holding member is passed by the inlet restriction under resilient deformation of the top section and/or the inlet restriction
Data Source
AI summary
A camera device comprises an assembly having a first component and a second component which are connected to each other with a hollow holding member and a threaded fastener. The first component has a first socket with a first socket opening and a threaded bore extending from a bottom surface of the first socket. The second component has a second socket with a second socket opening, wherein the first socket opening and the second socket opening are configured to face each other when the first and second component are connected to each other. The first and second sockets each have threaded bores. A threaded fastener is configured to extend from the second component to the threaded bore of the first socket of the first component for engagement with the threaded bore such that the connection between the first and second components is secured.