US 11,863,866 B2
Housing for an intermediate signal transmission unit and an intermediate signal transmission unit
Emil Stenbacka, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Profoto Aktiebolag, Sundbyberg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/427,304
Filed by PROFOTO AKTIEBOLAG, Sundbyberg (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/159422, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1950126-1 (SE), filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150407 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [G08B 6/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for an intermediate signal transmission unit for wireless communication between a camera and at least one remote flash device, the housing comprising:
a first housing part and a second housing part which are connected, said second housing part being configured to accommodate signal transmission components of the intermediate signal transmission unit, and
a connector configured to connect the housing to a camera, said connector being arranged on the second housing part,
wherein:
the first housing part is displaceable in relation to the second housing part,
the first housing part comprises at least one actuator configured to control at least one switch, said switch being part of the signal transmission components and located in the second housing part, and
the at least one actuator is movable between at least two positions in relation to the second housing part, comprising a first position in which the actuator is configured to control the switch to be in a first state and a second position in which the actuator is configured to control the switch to be in a second state, by displacing the first housing part and the actuator in relation to the second housing part.