Vehicle-mounted camera holder

1 . A vehicle-mounted camera holder for holding a camera and for being mounted on an installation element which is a support rod of a headrest, comprising:

a holder body which comprises a camera installing portion for holding a camera; and

a clamping element which comprises a clamping body coupled to said holder body, wherein said clamping body comprises a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion movably coupled to said first clamping portion to define a clamping cavity which is switched between an open state in which an access opening is formed to allow the installation element to enter said clamping cavity and a closed state in which the installation element is clamped at said clamping cavity without the need for an additional tool;

wherein said holder body comprises:

a first shell member having a first surface, wherein said camera installing portion is formed on said first surface of said first shell member;

a second shell member, having a second surface, coupled with each other; and

an accommodating chamber formed within said first shell member and said second shell member when said first shell member and said second shell member are coupled with each other;

wherein said holder body is adapted for holding the camera at a position that the camera is accommodated within said accommodating chamber and between said first surface of said first shell member and said second surface of said second shell member.

2 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping element comprises a locking structure lockably coupled to said first clamping portion and said second clamping portion, wherein said locking structure is switched between a locked state for shifting said clamping cavity into said closed state and an unlocked state to allow said clamping body to define said access opening which is communicated to said clamping cavity, wherein said camera holder further comprises a wiring port formed on said first surface of said first shell member for connecting with the camera when the camera is received in said accommodating chamber.

3 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 2 , wherein said first clamping portion is pivotally coupled to said second clamping portion at a first side of said clamping body, wherein said locking structure is coupled between said first clamping portion and said second clamping portion at a second side of the said clamping body opposite to said first side of said clamping body.

4 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 3 , wherein said locking structure is pivotally connected to said first clamping portion and is detachably coupled to said second clamping portion, wherein in said locked state, said locking structure is locked with said second clamping portion, wherein in said unlocked state, said locking structure is detached from said second clamping portion, so as to define said access opening between said first clamping portion and said second clamping portion.

5 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 4 , wherein said locking structure comprises a first movable member and a second movable member which is movably coupled to said second movable member, wherein said first movable member is pivotally connected to said first clamping portion, said second movable member is detachably and lockably coupled with said second clamping portion.

6 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 5 , wherein said second movable member comprises a first connecting part which is pivotally connected to said first movable member and a second connecting part which is detachably and lockably coupled with said second clamping portion.

7 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 6 , wherein in said locked state, said second connecting part of said second movable member is engaged with said second clamping portion through a hook which is engaged with a slot.

8 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 6 , wherein said first movable member is configured to be flipped down to prevent the pivotal movement of said first connecting part of said second movable member, so as to retain said second connecting part of said second movable member on said second clamping portion, and said first movable member is configured to be flipped up to allow the pivotal movement of said first connecting part of said second movable member, so as to allow said second connecting part of said second movable member to be disengaged with said second clamping portion.

9 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 8 , wherein said locking structure is configured in such a manner that when said locking structure is moved between said locked state and said unlocked state, the pivotal movement of said first movable member and the pivotal movement of said second movable member are in two opposite directions.

10 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 6 , wherein said clamping element further comprises a first pivot axle, a second pivot axle, and a third pivot axle, wherein said first clamping portion is pivotally connected to said second clamping portion by said first pivot axle at said first side of said clamping body, wherein said first clamping portion is pivotally connected to said first movable member by said second pivot axle, wherein said first connecting part of said second movable member is pivotally connected to said first movable member by said third pivot axle.

11 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 10 , wherein said second pivot axle is provided at an outer side of said third pivot axle in such a manner that the pivotal movement of said first movable member with respect to said second pivot axle is capable of adjusting the position of said third pivot axle.

12 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 10 , wherein said first clamping portion has a second gap, wherein said first movable member comprises a connecting end part which is extended into said second gap and pivotally connected to said first clamping portion by two said second pivot axles, and a free end part which is capable of being flipped up and down.

13 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 12 , wherein said connecting end part of said first movable member has a third gap, wherein said first connecting part of said second movable member is extended into said third gap of said connecting end part of said first movable member.

14 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein said holder body is movably with respect to said clamping element, so as to adjust a position of the camera installed at said camera installing portion, wherein said holder body further has a camera installing opening formed through said second surface of said shell member to communicate with said accommodating chamber for aligning with an end face of the camera when the camera is held within said accommodating chamber.

15 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 14 , further comprising a camera installing cavity body and a steering ball for rotatably coupling said holder body with said clamping element, so as to adjust a position of the camera installed at said camera installing portion, wherein said camera installing cavity body is protruded from said second surface of said second shell member at said camera installing opening for allowing the camera being extended into said camera installing cavity body through said camera installing opening.

16 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 15 , wherein said steering ball is connected to said clamping body, wherein said holder body comprises a clamping element installing portion, wherein said steering ball is disposed in said clamping element installing portion and is rotatable in 360 degrees, wherein said camera installing portion and said clamping element installing portion are formed on said first surface of said first shell member.

17 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 16 , wherein said clamping element installing portion has an opening and comprises a first cavity section and a second cavity section which is extended from said first cavity section to said opening, wherein an minimum inner diameter of said second cavity section is smaller than a diameter of said steering ball, wherein said camera installing cavity body is integrally protruded from said second surface of said second shell member at said camera installing opening.

18 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 16 , wherein said clamping element installing portion comprises at least two clamping element installing portion bodies which are spaced apart from each other and arranged circumferentially, wherein said holder body further comprises a cover body which is fitted outside said clamping element installing portion to tighten said clamping element installing portion to prevent said steering ball from easily coming off said clamping element installing portion.

19 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more flexible layers disposed in said clamping body, wherein the camera is built-in with said holder body within said accommodating chamber thereof.

20 . The vehicle-mounted camera holder according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first clamping portion and said second clamping portion is made of an elastic material, so as to achieve the switch between said opening state and said closed state by the elasticity of said clamping element, wherein said first shell member has a first accommodating cavity and said second shell member has a second accommodating cavity, wherein said first accommodating cavity and said second accommodating cavity are combined to form said accommodating chamber when said first shell member and said second shell member are coupled with each other, such that a first portion of the camera is disposed in said first accommodating cavity of said first shell member while a second portion of the camera is disposed in said second accommodating cavity of said second shell member.