JP5480121B2 - Support bracket that allows you to attach a camera to a bicycle and take stable images - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a support bracket that supports a camera and can be held under a head tube of a bicycle body to take a stable image.

      Many of the devices that attach to the conventional bicycle and shoot the camera are attached to the driver himself, and the mounting method and adjustment are difficult and the weight of the camera is a burden and the operability is poor. In recent years, metal fittings for attaching a camera to a bicycle handle have been developed. As a result, the burden on the driver is reduced and the operability is improved.

      The structure attached to the handle has a spherical steel ball gripping part that wraps and squeezes a spherical protrusion with a spherical receiver on the lower side of the camera mounting body, and further has an upper semicircular retaining metal fitting below it. The lower semicircular bracket is attached with two bolts from the lower part of the handle pipe.

      More recently, a simpler mounting device has been developed than the previously described support bracket. It has a structure in which a base mounting body for mounting the camera is wrapped around the handle with a band with a hook-and-loop fastener, and this bracket has a non-slip rubber between the mounting body and the handle, but it is attached to the handle. The gripping force is weak.

    Support brackets for attaching accessories to bicycles are generally mostly accessories that have gripping brackets, most of which are made of plastic, and handle half-banded items with bolts and nuts. Many pipes are attached by sandwiching them. Also, on the inside of the gripping part, a plastic thickness adjustment plate and a rubber anti-slip plate so that when the bolt and nut are screwed together to increase the gripping force, the halved part will not close As an accessory, it has been devised so that there is always a margin.

    For example, the brake lever, change lever, light, bell, mirror, cycle meter, saddle (attachment bracket is an accessory), etc. on the handle part, and the left and right, the body frame part, and the seat pillar part are flashing lights , Reflectors, bottle cages, wheel backs, saddle bags, numbered wire locks, cargo beds (made of metal and bolted), front and rear mudguards (bolt mounted on the frame), etc.

    Among them, there is also a somewhat strong carrier made of aluminum that is gripped under the W suspension type seat post of an MTB vehicle.

    There is a camera support device that constitutes a camera tripod so that it can be mounted on the upper edge of an automobile door glass as well as used as a simple tripod. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)

    In addition, by providing a mounting support body that can easily attach and detach the article holder itself such as a bag to the vehicle body in a two-wheeled vehicle, even if the type of article to be transported is different, each article is caused by vibration or the like. To protect the various items. There is a mounting support for the article guard itself. (For example, see Patent Document 2.)

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-099397 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-27989

        The problem that was sought to be solved was the camera support bracket to be attached to the handle. However, it is an absolute condition that the steering wheel operation in a traveling two-wheeled vehicle always swings left and right. Therefore, the supported camera cannot be spared because it always moves from side to side. Of course, the video will fluctuate from side to side. Therefore, it is a problem to provide a support fitting attached with a strong gripping force to the head tube (the pipe at the front of the main body frame that holds the handle column with the upper and lower bearings) and take a stable image.

Only the upper surface of the mounting body 1 whose cross-sectional shape is bent in a U-shape is extended and bent upward at a right angle to provide position adjusting holes 8b and 8c for the L-shaped camera mounting body 4, and further the U-shaped mounting Two U-shaped rod body through holes 1a for inserting the screw ends of the U-shaped rod body 2 are provided on the front surface of the main body 1, and the upper surface and the lower surface of the mounting main body 1 are concentrically cut out by an arc. The L-shaped camera mounting body 4 is provided with one mounting hole 8a for connection to the mounting body 1 for passing the bolt portion of the camera mounting handle knob 6 through one side and the other side. A camera-rotation claw hole 5c through which the groove-shaped hole 6a and the camera rotation-preventing pin 5a of the camera attachment fixing plate 5 and the camera rotation-preventing claw 5d penetrate is provided. U-shaped rod in the rod-shaped through hole 1a A support bracket that enables a stable image to be taken by attaching a camera to a bicycle formed by inserting the screw tip of the body 2 and screwing the nut portion of the handle knob 3 for screwing the U-shaped rod .

    This support bracket is attached to the bicycle's head tube (the pipe at the front of the body frame that holds the handle column with the upper and lower bearings), so the camera does not wobble from side to side and takes stable images. be able to.

    An L-shaped camera mounting body is attached to the upper right end of the mounting body with a handle knob and a pan head screw so that the camera is located in the lower right part of the handle. In addition, since it is located under the right handle, operability is improved.

    In addition, this support bracket is often used for leisure bicycles, most of which have a front fork for operating the front wheels with the handle as a suspension fork. The shaking is also a smooth movement.

    Loosen the two handle knobs screwed to the front of the mounting body to change the left and right orientation of the entire bracket. At the same time, loosen one handle knob located on the right side and change the vertical direction of the camera to By tightening again, it is possible to take a free scenery without the driver's attention.

    The present invention can be easily purchased by a general person at a bicycle shop or the like as a sport, a registrar, or a hobby, for a small amount of money, and easily installed and enjoyed. In addition, this metal fitting has the greatest advantage that a powerful scene can be left as its own video or as a moving memory.

Assembly perspective view of this support bracket Exploded perspective view of the support bracket Overall perspective view seen from the rear right side with the camera mounting bracket attached to the bicycle An exploded perspective view of a device for supporting a camera A cutaway perspective view showing a portion for attaching the mounting body and the L-shaped camera mounting body Broken perspective view showing camera detent pin mounting part

    2 and 3, the present invention relates to a camera mounting main body 1, a handle column (shaft) head tube on the front side of the main body frame (pipe on the front portion of the main body frame holding the handle column with the upper and lower bearing portions) J. It can be attached to the lower side. As a result, compared with the handle portion of the bicycle, the front head tube J portion hardly shakes. Therefore, a stable image can be taken.

    1 and 2, the assembling method is such that the U-shaped rod 2 is held in the hole 1a of the mounting body 1 bent in a U-shape and the aluminum head tube (the handle column is held by the upper and lower bearing portions). The pipe on the front of the main body frame) is inserted so as to be wound forward from the lower rear side of J, penetrated through the hole of the mounting main body 1 located on the front side, and the handle knob 3 is engaged and screwed The top and bottom of the cut-out part bite in. It is a support fitting that is a device that exhibits a strong gripping force.

    In FIG. 1, since there is a distance between the mounting body 1 and the camera mounting body 4, it becomes a cantilever shape, so that repeated overload is caused by the amplification effect of vibration generated during traveling and the joint portion of the mounting body 1. Since it is added to the whole, it is necessary for this metal fitting to be a strong U-shaped with increased thickness with a resilient material.

    1 and 2, the handle knob 3 is made of a combination of a high nut, a bolt, a spring washer, and a handle knob. This handle is made of resin, so it is easy to squeeze by hand, and when driving off-road on a mountain bike, a stronger tightening is required. It can be tightened.

    In FIG. 4, the camera mounting method is shown in FIG. 4, in which the camera mounting fixing plate 5 is passed through the bolts 6c and 6a from the bottom of the camera mounting body 4 through the bolts 6c and 6a, and then for preventing the handle knob from falling. The O-ring 6b is covered from the tip of the bolt, and the bolt is finally screwed into the mounting female screw hole of the camera. In addition, the hole 6a is subjected to two-stage drilling of upper and lower sizes so that the entire O-ring fits in.

    In FIG. 4, the camera rotation prevention method has a short round bar-like pin 5a attached to the front side of the lower camera mounting fixing plate 5, and the right end is bent into a U shape. Is pointed in a triangular shape, and as the screw with the handle is raised upward, it protrudes upward through the front circular hole 5b and the right-side square hole 5c of the camera mounting body 4, respectively. The force that pushes up the spring catches the bottom of the camera and acts as a detent.

    In FIG. 6, the vertical camera detent pin 5a attached to the camera mounting fixing plate 5 is a mounting method. First, a female screw is tapped into a hole 5e opened in the plate 5, and then a round bar is formed. 5a finished by cutting the external screw with a die is screwed into the screw hole 5e and attached. (This method gives an example.)

    To adjust the vertical orientation and vertical position of this bracket, remove the handle knob 7 and pan head screw 8, replace 8b with the hole 8c, and loosen the handle knob 7 to change the vertical orientation of the camera. It can be easily operated by tightening the handle knob again.

    The manufacturing method of the mounting body 1, the camera mounting body 4 and the camera mounting fixing plate 5 is as follows. The thickness of the 3.2 ton cold-rolled steel sheet is subjected to outer peripheral punching press processing, then press die bending and ribbed cold processing. And finally (Uniqlo) electrogalvanizing. (This is an example.)

1 Mounting body 1a U-shaped rod through hole 2 U-shaped rod 3 Handle knob for screwing U-shaped rod 4 Camera mounting body 5 Camera mounting fixing plate 5a Camera rotation stop pin 5b Camera rotation stop pin hole 5c Camera rotation Stopper hole 5d Camera stop hook 5e Camera stop pin screw hole 6 Camera mounting handle knob 6a Groove hole 6b O-ring 6c fixing plate support bolt hole 7 Position adjustment handle knob 8 Pan head screw 8a mounting hole 8b Position adjustment hole 8c Position adjustment hole J Bicycle head tube ( pipe on the front of the main body frame holding the handle column with the upper and lower bearings)
C camera

Claims (1)

Only the upper surface of the mounting body 1 whose cross-sectional shape is bent in a U-shape is extended and bent upward at a right angle to provide position adjusting holes 8b and 8c for the L-shaped camera mounting body 4, and further the U-shaped mounting Two U-shaped rod body through holes 1a for inserting the screw ends of the U-shaped rod body 2 are provided on the front surface of the main body 1, and the upper surface and the lower surface of the mounting main body 1 are concentrically cut out by an arc. The L-shaped camera mounting body 4 is provided with one mounting hole 8a for connection to the mounting body 1 for passing the bolt portion of the camera mounting handle knob 6 through one side and the other side. A camera-rotation claw hole 5c through which the groove-shaped hole 6a and the camera rotation-preventing pin 5a of the camera attachment fixing plate 5 and the camera rotation-preventing claw 5d penetrate is provided. U-shaped rod in the rod-shaped through hole 1a A support bracket that enables a stable image to be taken by attaching a camera to a bicycle formed by inserting the screw tip of the body 2 and screwing the nut portion of the handle knob 3 for screwing the U-shaped rod .

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