Flip-Up Hands-Free Display Mount

• US 20120002046A1
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Rapoport, Loren W., Schwalm, Robert C., Stalzer, Christopher M.
• Application Number:
  US12/904,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20120002046A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/04 Parts, details or accessories of helmets
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0156 with optionally usable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/002 Mounting on the human body

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display mount includes a helmet-mountable interface, a display interface, a cam arm, and an adjustment mechanism. The helmet-mountable interface is configured to removably couple the display mount to a helmet. The display interface is configured to couple the display mount to a display. The cam arm is configured to position the display interface in a plurality of positions comprising a storage position and a display position. The adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust, independent of the cam arm, a position of the display interface along an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis. The X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis are each orthogonal to each other. The adjustment mechanism includes a locking mechanism configured to lock an adjusted position of the display interface, such that the display interface mechanically returns to the locked adjusted position when the display interface transitions from the storage position to the display position.

Claims

1. A display mount comprising:

a helmet-mountable interface configured to removably couple the display mount to a helmet;

a display interface configured to couple the display mount to a display;

a cam arm configured to transition the display interface along a first arc between viewing and storage positions, the first arc disposed within a plane, the cam arm mechanically indexed in both the viewing and the storage positions such that the cam arm holds the display interface in either the viewing position or the storage position;

a swivel adjustor configured to adjust the display interface along a second arc disposed within a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane, the swivel adjustor comprising a locking control for locking a configuration of the swivel adjustor such that the display interface mechanically returns to the locked adjusted position when the display interface transitions from the storage position to the display position, the swivel adjustor adjustments being independent of the cam arm transitions; and

a ball adjustor configured to adjust the display interface along multiple axis, the ball adjustor adjustments being independent of the cam arm transitions and the swivel adjustor adjustments.

2. The display mount of claim 1, wherein the display interface is substantially flush against the helmet when the display interface is in the storage position.

3. A display mount comprising:

a helmet-mountable interface configured to removably couple the display mount to a helmet;

a display interface configured to couple the display mount to a display;

a cam arm configured to position the display interface in a plurality of positions comprising a storage position and a display position; and

an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust, independent of the cam arm, a position of the display interface along an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis each being orthogonal to each other, the adjustment mechanism comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock an adjusted position of the display interface such that the display interface mechanically returns to the locked adjusted position when the display interface transitions from the storage position to the display position.

4. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises multiple adjustors each configured to adjust, independent of each other, the position of the display interface along at least respective ones of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis.

5. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a slide adjustor configured to adjust the position of the display interface along the Z-axis, the slide adjustor comprising a locking knob for locking a configuration of the slide adjustor.

6. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a slide adjustor configured to adjust the position of the display interface along the Y-axis, the slide adjustor comprising a locking knob for locking a configuration of the slide adjustor.

7. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a swivel adjustor configured to adjust the position of the display interface along a plane comprising the Y-axis and the Z-axis, the swivel adjustor comprising a locking knob for locking a configuration of the swivel adjustor.

8. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a ball adjustor configured to adjust the position of the display interface along at least two of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis.

9. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the helmet-mountable interface comprises a helmet clip comprising an integrated wire retainer.

10. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the storage position of the display interface is substantially flush against the helmet.

11. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the display mount provides a reversible configuration, the reversible configuration comprising a left-eye configuration and a right-eye configuration.

12. The display mount of claim 3, wherein display mount is configured to absorb mechanical shock, such that the locking mechanism of the adjustment mechanism is configured to maintain the adjusted position of the display interface as a result of the mechanical shock.

13. The display mount of claim 3, wherein substantially all of the display mount is above a bottom edge of the helmet when the display mount is in the storage position.

14. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the display interface, the cam arm, and the adjustment mechanism are above a bottom edge of the helmet when the display mount is in the storage position.

15. The display mount of claim 3, further comprising a detent configured to receive at least a portion of the adjustment mechanism when the display mount is in the storage position.

16. The display mount of claim 3, further comprising a receiver configured to couple the display mount to the display interface and to another display interface different from the display interface.

17. The display mount of claim 3, further comprising an integrated wire retainer configured to clip the display mount to a curved surface of the helmet.

18. The display mount of claim 3, wherein the helmet-mountable interface comprises a helmet clip comprising a notch configured to receive a substantially planar surface of the a helmet.

19. A method for adjusting the position of a monocular display, the method comprising:

coupling the monocular display to a helmet using a display mount;

adjusting the position of the monocular display along a first axis using a first adjustor;

locking a configuration of the first adjustor;

adjusting the position of the monocular display along a second axis using a second adjustor different from the first adjustor, the first axis perpendicular to the second axis;

locking a configuration of the second adjustor;

flipping the monocular display to a storage position substantially flush with a surface of the helmet; and

flipping the helmet to a viewing position comprising the locked configuration of the first adjustor and the locked configuration of the second adjustor.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

providing a kit of helmet clips, each helmet clip configured to couple the helmet mount display to a respective one of a plurality of helmet shapes, each helmet shape being different from each other helmet shape; and

providing a kit of display interfaces, each display interface configured to couple a display mount to a respective one of a plurality of displays, each display being of a type different from the type of each other display.