Installation structure for installing camera

• US 6,721,501 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2003
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Keiyo Engineering Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Keiyo Engineering Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Komatsu, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Adams, Russell
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dalakis, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/383,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20030175027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 396/419, 396/427, 396/429, 348/143
• US Class Current: 396/429
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0066 using screws, bolts, rivets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

An installation structure for a camera includes a frame having an installation hole, and a bolt having a through hole therein. The bolt passes through the installation hole and fixed to the frame. A camera body is fixed to the frame through the bolt, and a cable of the camera passes through the hollow screw portion. The bolt may be integrally formed with the camera. Further, the camera may be fixed with the bolt via a variable angle installation member to adjust a viewing angle of the camera.

Claims

1. An installation structure for installing a camera, comprising:

an entrance door as a frame having a peephole,

a bolt having a through hole therein, said bolt passing through the peephole and fixed to the frame,

a camera body having a case fixed to the bolt as a head thereof and located at an outer side of the entrance door, an image sensor for sensing an image attached to the case at a side opposite to the bolt, and a cable attached to the image sensor and passing through the case and the through hole, and

a nut engaging the bolt for fixing the bolt with the camera body to the entrance door.

2. An installation structure according to claim 1, wherein said bolt is integrally formed with the case of the camera body.

3. An installation structure according to claim 2, further comprising a support pipe having a hollow cylindrical body with a diameter smaller than that of the installation hole and larger than an outer diameter of the bolt so that the support pipe is situated in a gap between the bolt and the installation hole.