Utility Box Camera Mount With Magnetic Alignment Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Monitoring cameras installed in utility boxes on poles often become misaligned due to vibrations from weather and traffic, making it difficult and dangerous to install and maintain them.
Innovation Solution
The use of a camera with a guide pin and magnets that allow secure mounting within the utility box without the need for complex rotations or puncturing, ensuring the camera remains aligned and stable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cameras are mounted in utility boxes on poles, then monitoring coverage is achieved, but camera misalignment occurs due to vibrations from weather and traffic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by incorporating vibration-dampening materials and shock-absorbing mounting structures within the utility box before cameras are installed. These pre-installed cushioning elements protect cameras from vibrations caused by weather and traffic, preventing misalignment while maintaining monitoring reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an intermediary mounting structure that acts as a mediator between the utility box and the camera. This intermediate layer includes vibration-isolating components that decouple the camera from direct vibration transmission, allowing the camera to remain stable while the utility box experiences external vibrations.
2Reliability
If complex mounting methods with rotations and puncturing are used, then secure attachment is achieved, but installation becomes difficult and dangerous
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by designing a mounting system where the utility box structure itself provides the mounting function through pre-installed brackets, adhesive surfaces, or magnetic attachments. Installers simply attach cameras to these pre-prepared surfaces without needing to perform complex rotations, puncturing, or specialized mounting procedures, making installation safe and straightforward while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses preliminary action by pre-installing mounting brackets, adhesive layers, or magnetic components in the utility box during initial utility box installation. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex mounting operations later, allowing installers to simply attach cameras without dangerous or difficult procedures while ensuring reliable mounting.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional mounting methods are used, then cameras can be attached, but installation is time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-installing standardized mounting brackets, adhesive surfaces, or magnetic components in the utility box during initial installation. This preparation allows cameras to be quickly attached using simple procedures, dramatically reducing installation time while maintaining ease of manufacture and standardized mounting processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses segmentation by dividing the mounting system into separate, modular components - the utility box with pre-installed mounting elements and the camera with corresponding attachment mechanisms. This segmentation allows for simple, quick assembly without complex integration steps, reducing installation time while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
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
This solution simplifies the installation process, reduces the risk of camera misalignment due to vibrations, and allows for secure attachment within the limited space of a utility box.
Implementation Method 1
The magnets may generate a magnetic force to hold the camera to the wall plate
Data Source
AI summary
A camera system may include a utility box having a wall plate, a camera mounted in the utility box, magnets, wherein the magnets generate an attractive force to mount the camera to the wall plate of the utility box, a guide pin protruding from the camera or the wall plate of the utility box, and a recess to receive the guide pin, wherein the recess is located in the camera or in the wall plate of the utility box, wherein the guide pin limits motion of the camera when the camera is mounted on the wall plate of the utility box.