Scanner assembly with removable shock mount

• US 9,684,809 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Rueblinger, Gregory M., Stang, Jean-Pierre, Charpentier, Anthony Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Marshall, Christle I
• Application Number:
  US14/926,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20170124369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/183 Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means for buses G06F13/409
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0703 the battery being onboard of a handheld device, e.g. a smart phone or PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units

Abstract

An indicia scanning assembly having a housing with a shock mount receiving space; and an elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount positioned in the shock mount receiving space. The scan engine receiving shock mount has a first end with a scan engine receiving space.

Claims

1. An indicia scanning assembly, comprising:

a housing having a shock mount receiving space; and

an elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount positioned in the shock mount receiving space, and having a first end with a scan engine receiving space, and an opposite second end with a scanning window receiving space; and

wherein the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space together form a passageway having a separating bracket positioned between the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space.

2. The indicia scanning assembly of claim 1, further comprising a scan engine positioned in the scan engine receiving space.

3. The indicia scanning assembly of claim 1, further comprising a scanning window positioned in the scanning window receiving space at a predetermined angle to the scan engine.

4. The indicia scanning assembly of claim 3, wherein the scan engine receiving shock mount is made of a shock absorbing elastic material.

5. The indicia scanning assembly of claim 4, wherein the shock absorbing elastic material is silicone rubber.

6. The indicia scanning assembly of claim 4, wherein the housing includes:

an upper housing; and

a lower housing having an inner surface and an outer surface.

7. A removable scan engine receiving shock mount, comprising:

an elastomeric body having a first end with a scan engine receiving space; and

an opposite second end having a scanning window receiving space; and

wherein the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space together form a passageway having a separating bracket positioned between the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space.

8. The removable scan engine receiving shock mount of claim 7, further comprising a scan engine positioned in the scan engine receiving space.

9. The removable scan engine receiving shock mount of claim 8, wherein the elastomeric body is elastomerically biased against the scan engine.

10. The removable scan engine receiving shock mount of claim 7, further comprising a scanning window positioned in the scanning window receiving space at a predetermined angle to the scan engine, and wherein the elastomeric body is elastomerically biased against the scanning window.

11. The removable scan engine receiving shock mount of claim 7, further comprising a baffle post, the baffle post configured to divide the passageway into an emitter sub-passageway and a receiver sub-passageway.

12. An indicia scanning assembly kit, comprising:

a housing having a universal shock mount receiving space; and

one or more elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts, each configured to be positioned in the universal shock mount receiving space, and each having a first end with a scan engine receiving space configured to receive a scan engine, an opposite second end with a scanning window receiving space configured to receive a window, and a passageway having a separating bracket positioned between the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space;

wherein the separating bracket comprises a flange having a window abutting surface and a scan engine abutting surface, the window abutting surface being set at a predetermined angle with respect to the scan engine abutting surface, the separating bracket thereby being configured to receive a window abutting the window abutting surface at the predetermined angle with respect to the scan engine abutting the scan engine abutting surface, said predetermined angle depending on the type of scan engine intended to be positioned in the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount.

13. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts, each corresponding to a plurality of different scan engines, each of the scan engines having a different scanning mechanisms and/or a different optical sensor.

14. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts has a predetermined angle with respect to the scan engine abutting surface that differs from at least one of the other elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts.

15. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of scan engines, each scan engine from the plurality corresponding to at least one of the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts having a scan engine receiving space configured to receive the scan engine.

16. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 15, wherein the plurality of scan engines each have a scanning mechanisms and/or an optical sensor that differs from at least one of the other scan engines.

17. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, wherein the scan engine abutting surface is further configured to receive a scan engine abutting the scan engine abutting surface at a predetermined angle with respect to the window abutting the window abutting surface, said predetermined angle depending on the type of scan engine intended to be positioned in the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount.

18. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, wherein the scanning window receiving space is configured to secure a window abutting the window butting surface at least in part by elastomeric bias exerted against the window.

19. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, wherein the shock mount further comprises a baffle post, the baffle post configured to divide the passageway into an emitter sub-passageway and a receiver sub-passageway.

20. The indicia scanning assembly kit of claim 12, further comprising a securing cap configured to mate with the one or more elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts, wherein the securing cap is further configured to receive a portion of the scan engine.

21. A method of fitting a plurality of different types of scan engines in an indicia scanning assembly, comprising:

providing an indicia scanning assembly housing, the housing having a universal shock mount receiving space; and

providing for each one of a plurality of different types of scan engines, an elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount configured to be positioned in the universal shock mount receiving space, the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount having;

a first end with a scan engine receiving space configured to receive a respective scan engine from the plurality;

an opposite second end with a scanning window receiving space configured to receive a window; and

a passageway between the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space, the passageway having a separating bracket positioned between the scan engine receiving space and the scanning window receiving space;

wherein the separating bracket comprises a flange having a window abutting surface and a scan engine abutting surface, the window abutting surface being set at a predetermined angle with respect to the scan engine abutting surface, the separating bracket thereby being configured to receive a window abutting the window abutting surface at the predetermined angle with respect to the respective scan engine from the plurality abutting the scan engine abutting surface, the predetermined angle depending on the respective scan engine from the plurality intended to be positioned in the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount;

selecting from the plurality, a scan engine and a corresponding elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount;

fitting the selected scan engine in the scan engine receiving space abutting the scan engine abutting surface of the corresponding elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount, and fitting a window in the window receiving space abutting the window abutting surface of the corresponding elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount; and

installing the selected elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount into the universal shock mount receiving space.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein each one of the plurality of different types of scan engines has a scanning mechanisms and/or an optical sensor that differs from at least one of the other scan engines.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein each one of the elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts has a predetermined angle with respect to the scan engine abutting surface that differs from at least one of the other elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mounts.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the window abutting the window butting surface is secured at least in part by elastomeric bias exerted against the window.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the shock mount further comprises a baffle post, the baffle post configured to divide the passageway into an emitter sub-passageway and a receiver sub-passageway.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising mating a securing cap with the selected elastomeric scan engine receiving shock mount, wherein the securing cap is configured to receive a portion of at least one of the plurality of different types of scan engines.