Imaging Device Bracket Sliding Mounting Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional camera units require complex operations and significant workspace for mounting and removing the camera main body from a bracket, involving hooking and turning mechanisms that complicate the process.
Innovation Solution
An imaging device with a bracket that supports an imaging unit through sliding motions, utilizing receiving ports and support structures that allow the unit to be easily mounted and removed by sliding in a predetermined direction, eliminating the need for turning and reducing workspace requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hook-shaped portion and turning mechanism are used for mounting, then the camera main body can be fixed to the bracket, but the mounting and removal operation becomes complex and requires large work space
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into two functional parts: a receiving port for guiding the supported part during insertion, and a support element that provides fixing capability. This segmentation allows the mounting operation to be simplified to a single sliding motion while maintaining reliable fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a hook-shaped portion on the camera main body that requires turning and hooking onto the bracket, the invention inverts the approach by providing a receiving port on the bracket that actively receives the supported part during a sliding motion. This reverses the operational sequence from active hooking to passive receiving, simplifying the mounting process.
2Reliability
If hook-shaped portion and turning mechanism are used for mounting, then the camera main body can be fixed to the bracket, but the work space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into two functional parts: a receiving port for guiding the supported part during insertion, and a support element that provides fixing capability. This segmentation allows the mounting operation to be simplified to a single sliding motion while maintaining reliable fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the mounting operation from a multi-dimensional process (translation plus rotation) to a single-dimensional sliding motion along the mounting direction. The receiving port is oriented to receive the supported part along the mounting direction, eliminating the need for turning operations and reducing the workspace area required.
3Reliability
If multiple mounting steps including turning are required, then secure fixation is achieved, but the time and complexity of mounting/removal increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving port is pre-configured with its opening direction and internal structure to guide the supported part into the correct position during the sliding motion. This preliminary configuration ensures that the supported part is automatically positioned and secured in the correct orientation without requiring additional turning or adjustment steps, reducing mounting time while maintaining fixation security.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is designed to automatically perform the fixation function during the sliding motion itself. The receiving port and support element work together to guide, position, and secure the supported part in a single continuous motion, eliminating the need for separate turning and fixing operations. The system serves itself by integrating multiple functions into one action.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an imaging device with which it is possible to easily mount/remove an imaging unit by a simpler operation than in the past when mounting/removing the imaging unit to and from a bracket, and to reduce more work space than in the past. In the present invention, an imaging unit 10 has a plurality of supported parts 15 that are supported by the bracket 20. The bracket 20 has a plurality of support structures 24 for supporting the plurality of supported parts 15. The support structures 24 have a receiving port 24a opened toward the rear of a mounting direction DF for receiving the supported parts 15 in the mounting direction DF and a support 24b for supporting the supported parts 15 on the forward side in the mounting direction DF of the receiving port 24a from a support direction DS that intersects the mounting direction DF.