Infrared camera assembly systems and methods
First Claim
1. A camera assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a central axis; and
,a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end of the housing, including;
a camera sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide guide recesses located within the housing and aligned substantially parallel to the central axis thereof such that the sled is received within the housing at a predetermined, fixed angular orientation relative thereto;
a camera cassette electrical connector located at a rear end of the camera sled;
a camera electrically coupled to the camera cassette connector and having an optical axis; and
,a camera coupling apparatus disposed at a front end of the camera sled for coupling the camera to the front end of the housing such that the optical axis of the camera is located generally concentric with the central axis of the housing and disposed at a selectably adjustable angle relative thereto.
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Abstract
A camera assembly includes a housing having a central axis and a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end thereof. The slide-in cassette includes a sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide guide recesses located in the housing and aligned substantially parallel to the central axis thereof, an electrical connector located at a rear end of the sled, a camera electrically coupled to the electrical connector, and an apparatus disposed at a front end of the sled for coupling the camera to the front ends of the sled and the housing such that the optical axis of the camera is located generally concentric with the central axis of the housing and disposed at a selectably adjustable angle relative thereto.
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20 Claims
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1. A camera assembly, comprising:
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a housing having a central axis; and
,a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end of the housing, including; a camera sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide guide recesses located within the housing and aligned substantially parallel to the central axis thereof such that the sled is received within the housing at a predetermined, fixed angular orientation relative thereto; a camera cassette electrical connector located at a rear end of the camera sled; a camera electrically coupled to the camera cassette connector and having an optical axis; and
,a camera coupling apparatus disposed at a front end of the camera sled for coupling the camera to the front end of the housing such that the optical axis of the camera is located generally concentric with the central axis of the housing and disposed at a selectably adjustable angle relative thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A slide-in cassette for a camera assembly, comprising:
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a sled having a pair of legs configured to be slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal guide recesses of the camera assembly such that the sled is received within the camera assembly at a predetermined, fixed angular orientation relative thereto; an electrical connector disposed at a rear end of the sled; a first annular ring coupled to a front end of the sled and having a central opening there-in; a second annular ring having a central opening therein and being coupled to a front surface of the first ring such that the respective central openings of the two rings are disposed generally concentric to each other; a camera electrically couplable to the electrical connector and mounted to the second ring such that an optical axis of the camera is disposed generally concentric with the respective central openings of the first and second rings; and
,an angle adjustment mechanism for selectably adjusting an angle between the first and second rings to a selected value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification