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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Gopro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Noriaki Saika, Foster City, CA (US);

Christopher Bramley Fruhauf, San Anselmo, CA (US);

Daniel Francis Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/06 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64C 1/06 (2013.01); F16M 11/06 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gimbal sleeve for connecting to a camera gimbal may float between a floor surface and a ceiling surface of an aerial vehicle chassis such that the gimbal sleeve has freedom of motion in yaw, pitch, and roll directions relative to the vehicle chassis. The gimbal sleeve may comprise a pair of connection points to the lower dampers on a floor surface of the vehicle chassis and a pair of connection points to upper dampers on a ceiling surface of the vehicle chassis. The connection points include spring forces that enable the gimbal sleeve to return to an equilibrium position in response to external vibrations and reduce the magnitude of vibrations transferred from the aerial vehicle to the gimbal and camera systems.


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