Threaded Camera Mount With Reinforced Fold-Out Fingers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capture devices have limited compatibility with accessories due to their specific interconnect mechanisms, necessitating the use of adapters for various connections.
Innovation Solution
The image capture device incorporates a threaded accessory interface and a reinforcement member, featuring a base plate with pivotable fingers and a thermally insulating cover, allowing direct connection to a variety of accessories while preventing damage from over-tightening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a threaded accessory interface is incorporated into the image capture device, then compatibility with diverse accessories is enhanced, but the device becomes more susceptible to penetration damage from over-tightening
Solution Approach 1:
A reinforcement member is positioned within the body to protrude into the threaded accessory interface, creating a stop that prevents the accessory from penetrating too deeply into the device body. This cushioning element is placed in advance to intercept and limit the harmful penetration force before it can reach and damage internal components.
Solution Approach 2:
The reinforcement member acts as an intermediary element between the threaded accessory interface and the device body. It mediates the interaction by providing a physical barrier that stops the accessory at a safe distance, preventing direct contact between the accessory and vulnerable internal components while still allowing functional connection.
2Ease of operation
If the interconnect mechanism is made reconfigurable with pivotable fingers, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interconnect mechanism incorporates pivotable fingers that can rotate between different positions to accommodate accessories of varying sizes and shapes. This dynamic capability allows the mechanism to adapt its configuration during operation, improving ease of connection while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through controlled movement rather than complex multi-component assemblies.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances compatibility with diverse accessories and protects the device from penetration damage, improving usability and durability.
Implementation Method 1
a cover that is removably connected to the base plate and which is configured to thermally insulate the interconnect mechanism
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AI summary
An image capture device that includes a body and an interconnect mechanism that is connected to the body. The interconnect mechanism includes: a base plate defining a receptacle that is configured to threadably engage an accessory such that the image capture device is directly connectable to the accessory via the interconnect mechanism; a cover that is removably connected to the base plate and which is configured to thermally insulate the interconnect mechanism; and first and second fingers that are pivotably connected to the base plate about first and second pivot axes such that the interconnect mechanism is reconfigurable between a collapsed configuration, in which the first and second fingers are nested within the body of the image capture device, and an extended configuration, in which the first and second fingers extend outwardly from the body of the image capture device.