Camera Housing

• US 20150030320A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Inventors: Clearman, Christopher Aaron, Samuels, Rudy Lucas, Gioscia, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,268,200 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/536
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/2019 elastic, i.e. the dog or detent being formed or carried by a spring
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/566 Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera if integral part of camera body G03B17/02

Abstract

A camera housing comprises a four-sided frame. A first side of the four-sided frame includes a first segment, a second segment, and a latch mechanism with a first latch component and a second latch component. The first latch component and the second latch component are pivotally coupled such that in a closed position, the frame securely encloses a camera and in an open position, the first segment and the second segment are separable.

Claims

1. A camera housing comprising:

a frame configured to secure a camera along an outside perimeter of the camera, the frame including a first frame segment and a second frame segment;

a first latch portion coupled to the first frame segment; and

a second latch portion coupled to the second frame segment and pivotally coupled to the first latch portion;

wherein the first frame segment and the second frame segment are spatially separable when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in an open configuration, and wherein the first frame segment abuts the second frame segment when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in a closed configuration.

2. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the second frame segment comprises a cut-out portion configured to accommodate the first latch portion and the second latch portion when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in a closed configuration.

3. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the second latch portion comprises a cut-out portion configured to accommodate the first latch portion when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in a closed configuration.

4. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the second frame segment, an outer surface of the first latch portion, and an outer surface of the second latch portion are substantially flush when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in the closed configuration.

5. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the frame is configured to secure the camera when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in the closed configuration, and wherein the frame is configured to allow for the removal of the camera from or insertion of the camera into the frame when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in the open configuration.

6. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the frame secures the camera along a top surface, a bottom surface, a left surface, and a right surface of the camera, and wherein, when the camera is secured within the frame, a front surface and a back surface of the camera are exposed.

7. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the frame comprises a mounting mechanism configured to securely couple to a reciprocal mounting mechanism.

8. The camera housing of claim 7, wherein the mounting mechanism comprises a first plurality of protrusions, wherein the reciprocal mounting mechanism comprises a second plurality of protrusions, and wherein the first plurality of protrusions and the second plurality of protrusions interlock when the mounting mechanism is securely coupled to the reciprocal mounting mechanism.

9. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises one or more openings within the frame configured to substantially align with one or more corresponding camera interfaces when the camera is secured within the frame.

10. The camera housing of claim 1, wherein the frame further comprises a compressible material such that the compressible material is compressed between the first frame segment and the second frame segment when the first latch portion and the second latch portion are in a closed configuration.

11. A camera housing comprising:

a frame configured to secure a camera within the frame, the frame comprising a plurality of frame sides; and

a latch comprising;

a first latch component coupled to a first frame side; and

a second latch component coupled to a second frame side;

the first latch component and the second latch component coupled such that the first frame side and the second frame side are spatially separable when the latch is in a first configuration and such that the first frame side and the second frame side securely abut when the latch is in a second configuration.

12. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the second frame side comprises a cut-out portion configured to accommodate the first latch component and the second latch component when the latch is in the second configuration.

13. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the second latch component comprises a cut-out portion configured to accommodate the first latch component when the latch is in the second configuration.

14. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein an outer surface of the second frame side, an outer surface of the first latch component, and an outer surface of the second latch component are substantially flush when the latch is in the second configuration.

15. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the frame is configured to secure the camera when the latch is in the second configuration, and wherein the frame is configured to allow for the removal of the camera from or insertion of the camera into the frame when the latch is in the first configuration.

16. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the frame secures the camera along a top surface, a bottom surface, a left surface, and a right surface of the camera, and wherein, when the camera is secured within the frame, a front surface and a back surface of the camera are exposed.

17. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein an outer surface of the frame comprises a mounting mechanism configured to securely couple to a reciprocal mounting mechanism.

18. The camera housing of claim 17, wherein the mounting mechanism comprises a first plurality of protrusions, wherein the reciprocal mounting mechanism comprises a second plurality of protrusions, and wherein the first plurality of protrusions and the second plurality of protrusions interlock when the mounting mechanism is securely coupled to the reciprocal mounting mechanism.

19. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the frame comprises one or more openings within the frame configured to substantially align with one or more corresponding camera interfaces when the camera is secured within the frame.

20. The camera housing of claim 11, wherein the frame further comprises a compressible material such that the compressible material is compressed between the first frame side and the second frame side when the latch is in the second configuration.

21. A camera housing comprising:

a frame configured to secure a camera within the frame around a plurality of camera surfaces;

a first latch mechanism, wherein a first portion of the frame and a second portion of the frame are securely adjacent when the first latch mechanism is in a closed position, and wherein the first portion of the frame and the second portion of the frame are spatially separable when the first latch mechanism is in an open position; and

a second latch mechanism, the second latch mechanism configured to fold into a reciprocal indentation within the frame in a first configuration and configured to protrude from the frame in a second configuration, the second latch mechanism configured to secure at least one camera surface not included in the plurality of camera surfaces in the second configuration.