Emergency vehicle lighting and video system
First Claim
1. A modular video assembly configured to be mounted on an exterior surface of a vehicle, said modular video assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing presenting spaced apart housing ends and a chamber between the housing ends; and
a camera removably mounted at least partly within the chamber,said housing presenting an inboard mounting surface that extends longitudinally between the housing ends, with the mounting surface operable to be opposed to the exterior surface when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle, wherein the mounting surface is configured as an endless rim that forms a peripheral margin of the housing, wherein the endless rim surrounds a back opening that extends between the housing ends and provides access to the chamber,said housing presenting an outboard exposed surface that extends longitudinally to at least partly cover the chamber and located outboard of the mounting surface,at least part of the exposed surface projecting outboard of the camera to protect the camera when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A modular video assembly is mounted on an exterior surface of a vehicle and includes an elongated housing and a camera. The housing presents spaced apart housing ends and a chamber between the housing ends. The camera is removably mounted at least partly within the chamber. The housing presents an inboard mounting surface that extends longitudinally between the housing ends, with the mounting surface operable to be opposed to the exterior surface when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle. The housing presents an outboard exposed surface that extends longitudinally to at least partly cover the chamber and is located outboard of the mounting surface. At least part of the exposed surface projects outboard of the camera to protect the camera when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle.
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16 Claims
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1. A modular video assembly configured to be mounted on an exterior surface of a vehicle, said modular video assembly comprising:
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an elongated housing presenting spaced apart housing ends and a chamber between the housing ends; and a camera removably mounted at least partly within the chamber, said housing presenting an inboard mounting surface that extends longitudinally between the housing ends, with the mounting surface operable to be opposed to the exterior surface when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle, wherein the mounting surface is configured as an endless rim that forms a peripheral margin of the housing, wherein the endless rim surrounds a back opening that extends between the housing ends and provides access to the chamber, said housing presenting an outboard exposed surface that extends longitudinally to at least partly cover the chamber and located outboard of the mounting surface, at least part of the exposed surface projecting outboard of the camera to protect the camera when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A modular video assembly configured to be mounted on an exterior surface of a vehicle, said modular video assembly comprising:
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an elongated housing presenting spaced apart housing ends and a chamber between the housing ends; a camera removably mounted at least partly within the chamber, said housing presenting an inboard mounting surface that extends longitudinally between the housing ends, with the mounting surface operable to be opposed to the exterior surface when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle, said housing presenting an outboard exposed surface that extends longitudinally to at least partly cover the chamber and located outboard of the mounting surface, at least part of the exposed surface projecting outboard of the camera to protect the camera when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle, said housing including an endless rim that forms a peripheral margin of the housing, said endless rim presenting at least part of the mounting surface, and a light mounted in the chamber adjacent to the camera, said housing including a set of opposed flexible connectors that cooperatively define a socket to receive the light, said connectors having an unflexed position where the connectors cooperatively secure the light within the socket and a flexed position where the connectors are moved away from one another to permit insertion and removal of the light relative to the socket, at least one of said connectors presenting part of the mounting surface, said at least one connector engaging the exterior surface when the assembly is mounted to the vehicle to restrict movement of the at least one connector between the flexed and unflexed positions.
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Specification