GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND HANDHELD GIMBAL IMAGING DEVICE

• US 20190339595A1
• Filed: 07/18/2019
• Published: 11/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2017
• 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: LIU, Yifen, LAN, Qiu, HU, Dengfeng
• Granted Patent: US 10,901,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2028 for rolling, i.e. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2042 constituted of several dependent joints
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/02 Locking means
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details

Abstract

A gimbal assembly includes a body and a gimbal frame movably connected with the body. The gimbal frame is configured to fittingly contact the body or to be at least partially received in the body to reduce a volume of the gimbal assembly.

Claims

1. A gimbal assembly, comprising:

a body; and

a gimbal frame movably connected with the body, and configured to fittingly contact the body or to be at least partially received in the body to reduce a volume of the gimbal assembly.

2. The gimbal assembly of claim 1, further comprising a rotation shaft,

wherein the gimbal frame is configured to fittingly contact the body through the rotation shaft.

3. The gimbal assembly of claim 2,

wherein the body comprises a supporting member coupled with the rotation shaft, and

wherein the gimbal frame comprises a mounting member coupled with the rotation shaft.

4. The gimbal assembly of claim 3, wherein the mounting member and the rotation shaft are integrally formed.

5. The gimbal assembly of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a locking mechanism configured to lock the gimbal frame at an operation location.

6. The gimbal assembly of claim 5, wherein the locking mechanism comprises one of a snap-fit, a pin, or a damping mechanism disposed between the gimbal frame and the body.

7. The gimbal assembly of claim 1,

wherein the body comprises a receiving chamber and a sliding rail coupled with the gimbal frame,

wherein the receiving chamber is configured to at least partially receive the gimbal frame, and

wherein the gimbal frame comprises a slidable member coupled with the sliding rail to enable the gimbal frame to move in the receiving chamber.

8. The gimbal assembly of claim 7, wherein the sliding rail is connected with the receiving chamber.

9. The gimbal assembly of claim 7,

wherein the gimbal frame comprises an operation member configured to push the gimbal frame out of or into the receiving chamber, and

wherein the body comprises a sliding groove coupled with the operation member.

10. The gimbal assembly of claim 1,

wherein the body comprises a first fixing member, and the gimbal frame comprises a second fixing member coupled with the first fixing member, and

wherein when the gimbal frame fittingly contacts or is at least partially received in the body, the gimbal frame fixes with the body through the coupling between the first fixing member and the second fixing member.

11. The gimbal assembly of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first fixing member and the second fixing member comprises one of a snap-fitting mechanism, a magnetic attachment mechanism, or a locking mechanism.

12. The gimbal assembly of claim 10, wherein the first fixing member is disposed at an upper portion of the body and away from an end movably connected with the gimbal frame, and the second fixing member is disposed at the gimbal frame away from an end movably connected with the body.

13. The gimbal assembly of claim 1,

wherein the gimbal frame comprises at least a roll-axis assembly, and

wherein when the gimbal frame fittingly contacts or is at least partially received in the body, the roll-axis assembly is configured to rotate to a fittingly contact location or a receiving location.

14. The gimbal assembly of claim 13, wherein the gimbal frame comprises at least one of a pitch-axis assembly or a yaw-axis assembly.

15. The gimbal assembly of claim 1, wherein the gimbal assembly comprises an imaging device mounted to the gimbal frame.

16. The gimbal assembly of claim 15, wherein after the gimbal frame fittingly contacts the body or is at least partially received in the body, the imaging device is located external to the body to be used for capturing images.

17. The gimbal assembly of claim 15, wherein the body comprises an imaging button configured to control the imaging device.

18. The gimbal assembly of claim 17, wherein the imaging button is configured to control the imaging device for capturing images when the gimbal frame fittingly contacts with the body or is at least partially received in the body.

19. The gimbal assembly of claim 17, wherein the imaging button is disposed at a top surface of the body.

20. The gimbal assembly of claim 17,

wherein the imaging button is disposed at a side surface of the body, and

wherein when the gimbal frame fittingly contacts the body or is at least partially received in the body, the side surface faces against a lens of the imaging device.