Surveillance Camera Enclosure Sealing Gasket Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surveillance camera housings fail to provide reliable protection against harsh environmental conditions due to inadequate sealing, which leads to exposure of internal electronics to moisture, debris, and temperature variations, and often rely on adhesives that are unreliable and prone to failure.
Innovation Solution
A sealed enclosure system for surveillance cameras that uses a flexible sealing member integrated with a front panel and upper/lower housing cups, eliminating the need for adhesives by providing a single, continuous seal between the housing parts and incorporating angled input/output glands for wires and cables to enhance data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple seals are used in existing camera housings to seal different surfaces, then sealing coverage is improved, but the number of potential failure points increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate sealing functions into a single integrated gasket member that seals both the front opening and the joint between upper and lower housing parts simultaneously. This reduces the number of separate seal components from multiple individual seals to one unified sealing structure, thereby reducing potential failure points while maintaining comprehensive sealing coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The single gasket member performs multiple sealing functions: it seals the front opening of the housing and simultaneously seals the joint between upper and lower housing parts. This multi-functional approach allows one component to replace what would traditionally require multiple separate sealing elements, improving reliability by reducing the total number of seal interfaces.
2Reliability
If adhesives are used to adhere sealing structures to housing parts, then sealing is achieved, but reliability decreases due to adhesive failure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes adhesives entirely from the sealing system. Instead of adhering sealing structures to housing parts using adhesive bonds that can fail, the design uses a mechanical interlocking system where the gasket member is retained by the housing structure itself, eliminating the weak adhesive interface and improving seal integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The gasket member acts as an intermediary element that creates a seal through mechanical contact and interlocking features rather than chemical adhesion. The housing parts provide the mechanical retention structure that holds the gasket in place, replacing the adhesive mediator with a more reliable mechanical retention system.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If sealed enclosures are used to protect camera components, then protection from environmental hazards is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases due to multiple sealing surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sealing operations into a single gasket installation step. The unified gasket member is installed once to simultaneously seal both the front opening and the housing joint, reducing the number of assembly steps and manufacturing complexity while maintaining comprehensive environmental protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The single gasket member provides universal sealing coverage for multiple critical interfaces (front opening and housing joint) that would traditionally require separate sealing operations. This multi-functional sealing approach simplifies manufacturing by reducing the number of sealing steps while ensuring complete environmental protection.
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
The system effectively protects internal components from environmental hazards while maintaining a reliable seal, reducing potential failure points and improving data transfer efficiency without relying on adhesives.
Implementation Method 1
a flexible portion (41) attached to or integrated into the front panel (45), the flexible portion (41) sealing between upper and lower housing shells (21, 31)
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and apparatus for providing reliable sealed enclosures for surveillance cameras that are capable of protecting an internal surveillance camera and related electronics from harsh external environmental conditions without using adhesives using a unique a sealing gasket that is sandwiched between upper and lower housing parts of a camera enclosure. The unique sealing gasket includes a flexible portion corresponding to the surfaces of the housing parts to be engaged that is generally perpendicularly attached to a front panel. The front panel has a central viewing pane, and a peripheral flexible sealing surface. A unique aspect of the sealing member of embodiments of the present invention is the inclusion of the front panel, viewing pane and upper/lower housing seal in a single member.