CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ASSEMBLY

• US 20190222726A1
• Filed: 03/27/2019
• Published: 07/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: PAN, Dahu, XU, Xingwang, CHEN, Zihan
• Granted Patent: US 10,897,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/123 the axis of rotation intersecting in a single point, e.g. by using gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/02 for lenses supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/002 Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0274 Optical details, e.g. printed circuits comprising integral optical means H05K1/0269 takes precedence; coupling light guides with opto-electronic components G02B6/42

Abstract

A camera includes a housing, a lens assembly accommodated in the housing, a connection rod, and a circuit board. One end of the connection of the connection rod fixes the lens assembly in the housing. The circuit board is accommodated in the housing and supported by another end of the connection rod. The circuit board is spaced apart from the lens assembly.

Claims

1. A camera comprising:

a housing;

a lens assembly accommodated in the housing;

a connection rod, one end of the connection rod fixing the lens assembly in the housing; and

a circuit board accommodated in the housing and supported by another end of the connection rod, the circuit board being spaced apart from the lens assembly.

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the lens assembly includes an image sensing board spaced apart from the circuit board.

3. The camera of claim 2, wherein the circuit board includes an adapter configured to electrically connect the image sensing board to the circuit board.

4. The camera of claim 3, wherein:

the adapter is a first adapter; and

the circuit board further includes a second adapter configured to electrically connect the image sensing board to the circuit board.

5. The camera of claim 1, wherein:

the housing includes an accommodation assembly, the connection rod being disposed in the accommodation assembly; and

an accommodation space is formed by an interior space of the accommodation assembly and configured to accommodate the lens assembly and the circuit board.

6. The camera of claim 5, wherein:

the accommodation assembly includes a first accommodation member and a second accommodation member;

the lens assembly includes a lens barrel and a lens mount connected to the lens barrel; and

the lens barrel is in the second accommodation member, and the lens mount is in the first accommodation member.

7. The camera of claim 6, wherein:

a support member is formed in the accommodation assembly; and

the lens mount abuts against the support member and is fixedly connected to the support member through the connection rod.

8. The camera of claim 7, wherein:

the support member includes an annular flange protruding from an inner wall of the accommodation assembly;

or

the support member is one of a plurality of support members separated from each other and each including a protrusion protruding from the inner wall of the accommodation assembly.

9. The camera of claim 6, wherein the image sensing board is fixedly coupled to a side surface of the lens mount by a fastener, the side surface of the lens mount facing away from the lens barrel.

10. The camera of claim 9, wherein the image sensing board includes an avoidance corresponding to the connection rod, the avoidance being configured to allow the image sensing board to avoid the connection rod during a process of assembling the lens assembly to the housing.

11. The camera of claim 10, wherein the avoidance includes a cutout corresponding to a shape of a side of the connection rod.

12. The camera of claim 5, wherein:

the housing includes a cap configured to seal the housing by being connected to the accommodation assembly through a fastener corresponding to the connection rod; and

the fastener penetrates through the housing and connects to the connection rod.

13. The camera of claim 1,

wherein:

a step member is formed at a peripheral of the connection rod; and

the circuit board is a first circuit board;

the camera further comprising;

a second circuit board abutting against and fixed to the step member, and being spaced apart from the lens assembly and the first circuit board.

14. The camera of claim 1, further comprising:

a spacer assembly configured to separate the circuit board from the lens assembly.

15. A photographing assembly comprising:

a stabilization gimbal; and

a camera coupled to the gimbal and including;

a housing;

a lens assembly accommodated in the housing;

a connection rod, one end of the connection rod fixing the lens assembly in the housing; and

a circuit board accommodated in the housing and supported by another end of the connection rod, the circuit board being spaced apart from the lens assembly.

16. The photographing assembly of claim 15, wherein the lens assembly includes an image sensing board spaced apart from the circuit board.

17. The photographing assembly of claim 16, wherein the circuit board includes an adapter configured to electrically connect the image sensing board to the circuit board.

18. The photographing assembly of claim 15, wherein:

the housing includes an accommodation assembly, the connection rod being disposed in the accommodation assembly; and

an accommodation space is formed by an interior space of the accommodation assembly and configured to accommodate the lens assembly and the circuit board.

19. The photographing assembly of claim 18, wherein:

the accommodation assembly includes a first accommodation member and a second accommodation member;

the lens assembly includes a lens barrel and a lens mount connected to the lens barrel; and

the lens barrel is in the second accommodation member, and the lens mount is in the first accommodation member.

20. The photographing assembly of claim 15, wherein the housing comprises:

a first connection member configured to connect an axial drive motor of the stabilization gimbal; and

a second connection member configured to pivotally connect with a support of the stabilization gimbal.