IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0473430
(2012-05-16)
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등록번호 |
US-8540104
(2013-09-24)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Mohr Intellectual Property Law Solutions, PC
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
3 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses includes a cylindrical body shell having a rigid wall with a soft lined interior surface, a base end cap positioned at a bottom end to form a closed-end floor, and a mouth member disposed at a top end to form an opening sized to
An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses includes a cylindrical body shell having a rigid wall with a soft lined interior surface, a base end cap positioned at a bottom end to form a closed-end floor, and a mouth member disposed at a top end to form an opening sized to receive a camera lens. A lid cap is removably engageable in a two-stage rotational interference fit with the mouth member. In a first stage of the fit, the lid cap is translatable along the axis of the body shell, with respect to the mouth member, between a non fluid tight position and a fluid-tight position; and in a second stage, the lid cap is retained in a fluid-tight position. A kit for creating a customized ring includes a stabilizing disk of an outer dimension to frictionally engage the interior of the body shell, and a guide member.
대표청구항
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1. An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising: a cylindrical body shell having a rigid wall with a soft-lined interior surface, a base end cap positioned at a bottom end of the body shell to form a closed-end floor, and a mouth member disposed at a top end the
1. An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising: a cylindrical body shell having a rigid wall with a soft-lined interior surface, a base end cap positioned at a bottom end of the body shell to form a closed-end floor, and a mouth member disposed at a top end thereof to form an opening sized to receive a camera lens; anda lid cap that is removably engageable in a two-stage rotational interference fit with the mouth member, in which the lid cap is retained thereto;wherein in a first stage of the rotational interference fit, the lid cap is translatable along the axis of the body shell, with respect to the mouth member, between a non fluid-tight position and a fluid-tight position; andwherein in a second stage of the rotational interference fit, the lid cap is retained in a fluid-tight position. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in a fluid-tight position a sealing surface on one of the mouth member and lid cap sealingly engages a peripheral gasket disposed on the other of the mouth member and lid cap. 3. The apparatus of claim 2: wherein the sealing surface and peripheral gasket are disposed on respective mating surfaces on the mouth member and lid cap;wherein the mating surfaces also each include complementary engagement thread arrangements having two or more non-overlapping ridges each protruding from and extending partway around the respective mating surface; andwherein the ridges of one of the engagement thread arrangements are at least partially inclined and include upper ends that are spaced from each other by a distance greater than the length of the ridges of the other of the engagement thread arrangements. 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sealing surface is disposed on an inward-facing mating surface of the lid cap, and the peripheral gasket is disposed on an outward-facing mating surface of the mouth member. 5. The apparatus of claim 1: wherein one of the mouth member and the lid cap assumes a male configuration that includes an outer annular mating surface, and the other of the mouth member and the lid cap assumes a female configuration that includes an inner annular mating surface configured to receive the outer annular mating surface;wherein each mating surface includes an engagement thread arrangement disposed thereon; andwherein the rotational interference fit is accomplished by rotationally engaging the respective engagement thread arrangements. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the respective engagement thread arrangements permit the lid cap to be engaged with the mouth member in any of a number of relative orientations thereof. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each engagement thread arrangement includes two or more ridges each protruding from and extending partway around the respective mating surface, with the ridges of one of the engagement thread arrangements being at least partially inclined and including upper ends that are spaced from each other by a distance greater than the length of the ridges of the other of the engagement thread arrangements. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the number of relative orientations corresponds to the number of the two or more ridges of each engagement thread arrangement. 9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the mouth member assumes the male configuration and wherein the lid cap assumes the female configuration. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each engagement thread arrangement includes two or more ridges each protruding from and extending partway around the respective mating surface, with the adjacent ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the mouth member being at least partially inched and including upper ends that are radially spaced from each other by a distance greater than the length of the ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the lid cap. 11. The apparatus of claim 9: wherein the mouth member includes a lip on an upper end thereof and an annular ledge on the mating surface disposed downward of the engagement thread arrangement;wherein the ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the mouth member each include a distal portion that is spaced from the annular ledge by a distance greater than the width of the ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the lid cap;wherein in the first stage of the rotational interference fit each ridge of the engagement thread arrangement of the lid cap is engaged with the distal portion of a corresponding ridge of the engagement thread arrangement of the mouth member; andwherein the range of translatable motion of the lid cap relative to the body shell in the first stage of the rotational interference fit is defined by the distance between the distal portion and the annular ledge. 12. The apparatus of claim 11: wherein the ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the mouth member each further include a proximal portion that is spaced from the annular ledge by a distance less than the width of the ridges of the engagement thread arrangement of the lid cap; andwherein in the second stage of the rotational interference fit, at least a portion of each ridge of the engagement thread arrangement of the lid cap is wedged between the proximal portion of a corresponding ridge of the engagement thread arrangement of the mouth member and the annular ledge. 13. The apparatus of claim 11: wherein the mating surface of the mouth member includes a peripheral gasket;wherein the mating surface of the lid cap includes a corresponding sealing surface;wherein in a non fluid-tight position the sealing surface does not engage the peripheral gasket; andwherein in a fluid-tight position the sealing surface sealingly engages the peripheral gasket. 14. A kit, comprising: the apparatus of claim 1;at least one shock absorbing stabilizing disk having an outer diameter of a dimension adapted to engage the interior surface of the body shell in a friction fit; anda guide member having concentric circle indicia of different diameters thereon and adapted to be concentrically aligned with the stabilizing disk by means of the circle indicia, the circle indicia including indicia indicating the diameter of the interior surface of the body shell. 15. A kit for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses comprising: a cylindrical body shell, the body shell including an outer rigid casing having inner and outer diameters, and an inner soft-lined receptacle within the inner diameter of the body shell for receiving a lens therein;a base end cap positioned at a bottom end of the body shell to form a closed-end floor therewith, with a visco-elastic material disposed thereon;a ring-shaped mouth member disposed at the top end of the body shell forming an opening sized to receive a camera lens, the mouth member including an engagement thread arrangement;a lid cap including a complementary engagement thread arrangement and adapted to removably engage the mouth member by means of a rotational interference fit accomplished by engaging the engagement thread arrangements, the lid cap including a visco-elastic material disposed to extend into the body shell when the lid cap is engaged with mouth member;at least one shock-absorbing stabilizing disk having an outer diameter of a dimension adapted to engage the interior surface inner soft-lined receptacle in a friction fit; anda guide member having concentric circle indicia of different diameters thereon and adapted to be concentrically aligned with the stabilizing disk by means of the circle indicia, the circle indicia including indicia indicating the diameter of the interior surface of the body shell. 16. The kit of claim 15, wherein the guide member is adapted to assist a user to form, from the stabilizing disk, a customized stabilizing ring having an interior diameter sized to accommodate a portion of a camera lens and maintain a spaced relationship between the accommodated portion of the camera lens and the interior surface of the body shell. 17. The kit of claim 16: wherein one of the mouth member and the lid cap assumes a male configuration that includes an outward facing mating surface, and the other of the mouth member and the lid cap assumes a female configuration that includes an inward-facing mating surface configured to at least partially overlap the inward-facing mating surface when the lid cap is engaged with the mouth member;wherein the engagement thread arrangements are disposed on the respective mating surfaces and each include two or more ridges each protruding from and extending partway around the respective mating surface, with the adjacent ridges of one of the engagement thread arrangements being at least partially inclined and including upper ends that are spaced from each other by a distance greater than the length of the ridges of the other of the engagement thread arrangements;wherein respective engagement thread arrangements are engageable in any of a number of relative orientations of the lid cap to the mouth member; andwherein the number of relative orientations corresponds to the number of ridges of each engagement thread arrangement. 18. The kit of claim 16: wherein the lid cap that is removably engageable in a two-stage rotational interference fit with the mouth member, in which the lid cap is retained thereto;wherein in a first stage of the rotational interference fit, the lid cap is translatable along the axis of the body shell, with respect to the mouth member, between a non fluid-tight position and a fluid-tight position; andwherein in a second stage of the rotational interference fit, the lid cap is retained in a fluid-tight position. 19. A threaded joint apparatus of the type in which a cylindrical female member includes an inward-facing annular mating surface and a cylindrical male member includes an outward-facing annular mating surface adapted to selectively engage the inward-facing annular mating surface in a rotational interference fit, the apparatus comprising: a first engagement thread arrangement disposed on the inward-facing mating surface and including a number of ridges protruding from and extending partway around the mating surface; anda second engagement thread arrangement disposed on the outward-facing mating surface and including an annular ledge and a corresponding number of ridges each extending generally upward therefrom and partway around the respective mating surface, with the upper ends of adjacent ridges being spaced from each other a distance greater than the length of the ridges of the second engagement thread arrangement;wherein the engagement thread arrangements are removably engageable in a two-stage interference fit, wherein in a first stage each ridge of the first engagement thread assembly is slidably captured between an upper portion of a corresponding ridge of the second engagement thread assembly and the annular ledge thereof, and wherein in a second stage each ridge of the first engagement thread assembly is wedged between a lower portion of a corresponding ridge of the second engagement thread assembly and the annular ledge thereof; andwherein in the first stage the male and female members are relatively translatable along the central axis thereof in a range of motion corresponding to the distance between the upper portions of the ridges of the second engagement thread assembly and the annular ledge. 20. The threaded joint apparatus of claim 19, farther comprising a peripheral gasket on one of the mating surfaces; anda sealing surface on the other of the mating surfaces;wherein in the first stage the range of motion is between a fluid-tight position in which the peripheral gasket sealingly engages the sealing surface and a non fluid-tight position in which the peripheral gasket does not engage the sealing surface; andwherein in the second stage the peripheral gasket sealingly engages the sealing surface.
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