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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Gareth Mueckl, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jason R. Crowe, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot, Milwaukee, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A visual inspection device includes a housing, a handle coupled to the housing that is grasped by a user while the device is in use, and an articulating camera unit coupled to the housing. The articulating camera unit includes a flexible cable with a first end coupled to the housing and a second end, a camera coupled to the second end of the flexible cable and operable to transmit image data through the flexible cable, and an articulation mechanism operable to articulate the camera relative to the flexible cable. The articulation mechanism includes a mount that is removably coupled to the housing. The articulating camera unit further includes a means for securing the mount to the housing in a plurality of different orientations relative to the housing. The visual inspection device further includes a display unit coupled to the housing to display an image transmitted by the articulating camera unit.