US 11,703,743 B2
Camera assembly with cooled internal illuminator
Theodore L. Jones, Lancaster, PA (US); Devin F. Moore, Lancaster, PA (US); and Luke D. Grim, Harrisburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,495.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023735 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G03B 15/03 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 15/03 (2013.01) [G03B 17/55 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surveillance camera assembly comprising:
an upper portion providing a mounting feature for the surveillance camera assembly;
a ball-shaped head portion coupled to the upper portion;
a camera lens module positioned within the head portion and movable relative to the upper portion to pan about a pan axis and tilt about a tilt axis; and
an illuminator module movable to pan and tilt with the camera lens module, wherein the illuminator module includes laterally opposed arrays of lighting elements supported on distal ends of a bifurcated cooling duct having a central inlet opening coupled to the discharge outlet of a first blower.