Dual-Stage Camera Mounting Mechanism for Ceiling Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Camera devices installed in ceilings or high places often experience unstable mounting, leading to incomplete electrical connections and inadvertent removal of the camera body unit from the anchoring member, which complicates maintenance and repair.
Innovation Solution
An image-capturing device mounting mechanism featuring a body unit with a capturing lens and an anchoring unit, including a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, where the second engaging portion can be pushed in to secure the body unit to the anchoring unit, with a locking mechanism ensuring stable engagement and easy disengagement, and an operating section for manual operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single engaging portion is used to mount the camera body unit to the anchoring member, then the mounting structure is simple, but the mounting stability is poor leading to inadvertent removal
Solution Approach 1:
The engaging mechanism is divided into two separate engaging portions (first and second engaging portions) that independently engage with corresponding anchoring members. This segmentation provides redundant engagement points, ensuring that if one engagement fails or is insufficient, the other maintains the mounted state, thereby improving reliability without significantly increasing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The two engaging portions are positioned at different locations and orientations on the camera body unit, creating a multi-dimensional engagement geometry with the anchoring members. This spatial distribution across different dimensions prevents inadvertent removal by requiring simultaneous disengagement of multiple engagement points, thereby enhancing mounting stability.
2Ease of operation
If the camera body unit is designed for easy removal, then maintenance is convenient, but the mounting becomes unstable leading to incomplete electrical connections
Solution Approach 1:
The operating section is designed to simultaneously control both engaging portions, ensuring that both engagements are released together during removal. This preliminary coordinated action prevents partial disengagement that could lead to unstable mounting and incomplete electrical connections, while still allowing easy removal when needed for maintenance.
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AI summary
An image-capturing device mounting mechanism, which includes: an anchoring unit fixed to a building; a body unit with a capturing lens, the body unit mounted to and demounted from the anchoring unit; a first engaging portion provided in the body unit for an engagement between the body unit and the anchoring unit when the body unit is mounted to the anchoring unit; and a second engaging portion provided in the body unit for an engagement between the body unit and the anchoring unit when the first engaging portion engages the anchoring unit.