Security system including modular ring housing

• US 8,525,880 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Security Systems Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH), Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: DiPoala, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Imad
• Application Number:
  US12/275,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20100128446A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,747 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143, 348/159
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/113 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0256 of interchangeable modules or receptacles therefor, e.g. cartridge mechanisms

Abstract

A modular building system arrangement includes a plurality of electrical building systems. Each electrical building system has a housing with a mechanical connector that is connectable with a like connector of each other building system housing. Members of any subset of the building system housings are connectable with each other to form a building system assembly. The building systems of the building system assembly conjointly define an electrically conductive pathway interconnecting each of the building systems of the building system assembly. The pathway carries power and/or data.

Claims

1. A modular building system arrangement, comprising a plurality of electrical building systems, each said building system having a housing with a mechanical connector that is connectable with a like said connector of each other said building system housing, any subset of the building system housings being connectable with each other to form a building system assembly, the building systems of the building system assembly conjointly defining an electrically conductive pathway interconnecting each of the building systems of the building system assembly, the pathway being configured to carry at least one of power and data, each said building system including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having at least one male electrical connector, the second surface having at least one female electrical connector electrically connected to the at least one male electrical connector, each said male electrical connector being connectable with the female connector of each other said building system, the building systems of the building system assembly being aligned along an axis, the electrical connectors being connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 further comprising a base configured to be mounted to a fixed structure, the base being connectable to a proximal one of the building systems.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the electrically conductive pathway passes through each of the female connectors and each of the male connectors.

4. The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the pathway is configured to carry power to each of the building systems, the pathway being configured to carry data at least one of to and from each of the building systems.

5. The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the building systems of the building system assembly are aligned along an axis, the mechanical connectors being connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis.

6. The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the at least one female electrical connector is L-shaped and includes a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being shorter than the second leg.

7. The arrangement of claim 6 wherein the second leg includes a substantially V-shaped notch opening in a circumferential direction.

8. The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the electrical connectors are connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis such that the electrical connectors move in circumferential directions into initial engagement with each other.

9. A modular building system arrangement, comprising:

a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being configured to be mounted to a fixed structure, the lower surface having at least one first lower electrical connector;

a plurality of electrical building systems, each said building system including an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having at least one upper electrical connector, the lower surface having at least one second lower electrical connector electrically connected to the at least one upper electrical connector, each said upper electrical connector being connectable with the first lower connector of the base and connectable with the second lower connector of each other said building system, any subset of the building systems being connectable with each other in any order to form a building system assembly, the building systems being aligned along an axis, each of the building systems including an upper surface with a first mechanical connector and a lower surface with a second mechanical connector, the building systems being connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis such that a respective said first mechanical connector and a respective said second mechanical connector on said adjacent ones of said building systems become connected, and the electrical connectors are connectable with each other and moved into engagement with each other in circumferential directions by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis; and

an end cap module connectable to a distal one of the electrical building systems that is farthest from the base in the building system assembly such that the at least one second lower electrical connector of the distal electrical building system is substantially covered by the end cap module.

10. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the end cap module comprises an electrical end cap module electrically connected to the at least one second lower electrical connector of the distal electrical building system.

11. The arrangement of claim 10 wherein the electrical end cap module comprises a surveillance camera, the arrangement further comprising a covert liner covering and connected to the surveillance camera.

12. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein a proximal one of the electrical building systems that is closest to the base in the building system assembly is connected to the base.

13. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the electrical connectors are configured to carry power to each of the building systems, the electrical connectors being configured to carry data at least one of to and from each of the building systems.

14. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the base and an uppermost said building system are connectable with each other by rotating the uppermost building system about the axis.

15. A modular building system arrangement, comprising:

a base configured to be mounted to a fixed structure, the base including at least one first lower mechanical connector;

a plurality of electrical building systems, each said building system including at least one upper mechanical connector and at least one second lower mechanical connector, each said upper mechanical connector being connectable with the first lower connector of the base and connectable with the second lower connector of each other said building system, any subset of the building systems being connectable with each other in any order to form a building system assembly, each said building system includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having at least one male electrical connector, the second surface having at least one female electrical connector electrically connected to the at least one male electrical connector, the at least one female electrical connector being L-shaped and including a first leg and a second leg, the second leg including a substantially V-shaped notch opening in a circumferential direction, each said male electrical connector being connectable with the female connector of each other said building system, the building systems of the building system assembly being aligned along an axis, the electrical connectors being connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis; and

an end cap connectable to the at least one second lower mechanical connector of a distal one of the electrical building systems that is farthest from the base in the building system assembly.

16. The arrangement of claim 15 wherein the building systems of the building system assembly conjointly define an electrically conductive pathway interconnecting each of the building systems of the building system assembly, the pathway being configured to carry at least one of power and data, the electrically conductive pathway passing through each of the female connectors and each of the male connectors.

17. The arrangement of claim 16 wherein the pathway is configured to carry power to each of the building systems, the pathway being configured to carry data at least one of to and from each of the building systems.

18. The arrangement of claim 15 wherein the mechanical connectors are connectable with each other by rotating adjacent ones of said building systems relative to each other about the axis.

19. The arrangement of claim 15 wherein the mechanical connectors of adjacent said building systems are connected together and the electrical connectors of the adjacent said building systems are connected together as a result of a same said rotation of the adjacent building systems relative to each other about the axis.

20. The arrangement of claim 15 wherein the connection of the mechanical connectors of adjacent said building systems and the connection of the electrical connectors of adjacent said building systems occur simultaneously during said rotation of said adjacent building systems relative to each other about the axis.