Auxiliary housing for holding a distance measuring device

• US 6,324,888 B1
• Filed: 03/03/1999
• Issued: 12/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Wolf, Peter, Stierle, Joerg, Schmidt, Dierk, Luginsland, Juergen
• Primary Examiner(s): RAEVIS, ROBERT R
• Application Number:
  US09/262,371
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 73/17.9, 73/18.1, 734/31, 738/665, 735/97, 324/207.24, 356/5.01, 356/5.09, 356/5.1, 356/243, 356/247, 337/12, 335/72, 367/13, 367/118
• US Class Current: 73/1.79
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/4813 Housing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G12B 9/08 Supports; Devices for carrying

Abstract

An auxiliary housing for holding a distance measuring device has a housing part which forms a receptacle for insertion of the distance measuring device, a threaded bushing for mounting the housing part on a tripod, the threaded bushing having a longitudinal axis which coincides with an abutment surface operating as a reference surface for a hand-guided measuring process when the distance measuring device is inserted in the housing part.

Claims

1. An auxiliary housing for holding a distance measuring device, comprising a housing part which forms a receptacle for insertion of the distance measuring device;

a threaded bushing for mounting said housing part on a tripod, said threaded bushing having a longitudinal axis which coincides, when the distance measuring device is inserted in said housing part, with an abutment plane of the measuring device operating as a reference surface for a hand-guided measuring process.

2. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing part has an inner abutment surface, against which said first mentioned abutment surface abuts when the distance measuring device is inserted.

3. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing part forms a housing box having a bottom wall, a housing wall which is opposite to said bottom wall, two side walls, a rear wall connecting said bottom wall with said housing wall and side walls.

4. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 3, wherein said threaded bushing is inserted in a region of said rear wall into said bottom wall.

5. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 3, wherein said side walls have inwardly projecting guiding strips which form said receptacle and are engageable with guiding grooves provided in the distance-measuring device.

6. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 5, wherein said guiding strips are formed on springy tongues formed by said side walls.

7. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 3, wherein said housing part has an insertion opening for insertion of the distance measuring device, said side walls in a region of said insertion opening each being provided with a recess extending in an insertion direction of the distance measuring device.

8. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 3, wherein said bottom wall has a supporting clip provided with a clamping bracket which freely projects in an insertion direction and is inwardly pre-stressed.

9. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing part is provided with a housing wall having a window-shaped passage.

10. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said receptacle is formed so that the distance measuring device is selectably insertable with a rear side rearwardly from behind and visa versa with a front side from behind in said housing part.

11. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said receptacle is formed so that the distance measuring device is selectably insertable with an upper side upwardly and with the upper side downwardly into said receptacle.

12. An auxiliary housing as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing part is composed of two housing shells.