Camera and underwater housing having two-shot molded knob seat
First Claim
1. An underwater housing unit comprising:
- a shell having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said shell having a passage extending between said surfaces, said shell having an outer sidewall surrounding said passage;
a facing united with said shell, said facing having a bushing portion internal to and united with said outer sidewall, said bushing portion being resiliently compressible, said bushing portion and said outer sidewall together defining a knob seat having an outer edge; and
a knob disposed in said passage, said knob having a seal portion and a handle exterior to said seal portion, said knob being movable inward relative to said shell from a normal pressure position, through a series of intermediate positions, to a maximum pressure position, said handle being spaced from said outer edge in said normal pressure position, said handle bearing on outer edge in said maximum pressure position, said seal portion bearing on said bushing portion in all said positions.
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Abstract
An underwater camera housing unit has a shell having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The shell has a passage extending between the two surfaces. The shell has an outer sidewall surrounding the passage. A facing is united with the shell. The facing has a bushing portion internal to and united with the outer sidewall. The bushing portion is resiliently compressible. The bushing portion and the outer sidewall together define a knob seat having an outer edge. A knob is disposed in the passage. The knob has a seal portion and a handle exterior to the seal portion. The knob is movable inward relative to the shell from a normal pressure position, through a series of intermediate positions, to a maximum pressure position. The handle is spaced from the outer edge in the normal pressure position. The handle bears on the outer edge in the maximum pressure position. The seal portion bears on the bushing portion in all of the positions.
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20 Claims
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1. An underwater housing unit comprising:
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a shell having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said shell having a passage extending between said surfaces, said shell having an outer sidewall surrounding said passage;
a facing united with said shell, said facing having a bushing portion internal to and united with said outer sidewall, said bushing portion being resiliently compressible, said bushing portion and said outer sidewall together defining a knob seat having an outer edge; and
a knob disposed in said passage, said knob having a seal portion and a handle exterior to said seal portion, said knob being movable inward relative to said shell from a normal pressure position, through a series of intermediate positions, to a maximum pressure position, said handle being spaced from said outer edge in said normal pressure position, said handle bearing on outer edge in said maximum pressure position, said seal portion bearing on said bushing portion in all said positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An underwater housing unit comprising:
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a shell having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said shell having a passage extending between said surfaces, said shell having a outer sidewall surrounding said passage;
an elastomer facing united with said shell, said facing having a bushing portion united with said outer sidewall; and
a user control mounted in said passage, said user control compressing said bushing portion of said facing. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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