IP Library Granted Patent US 7,671,920
Granted Patent B2
US 7,671,920 · App. 11/516,349 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Camera body of a video system with a handgrip and video system

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Patent No.
US 7,671,920
App. No.
11/516,349
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera body of a video system has a housing which is comprised of cover elements. Two of the cover elements which, in an area of the handgrip, are fitted together and which shape a part of the housing, also shape the handgrip of the housing.

Claims (10)

1. A camera body of a video system with a housing comprising:

at least two cover elements; and

a handgrip, wherein the handgrip is formed on a top of the housing, standing away from the housing and having the form of a bar; wherein

the at least two cover elements, which, in an area of the handgrip, are fitted together and shape a part of the housing, also shape the handgrip;

said at least two cover elements include a cover section and two grip sections such that the cover sections are fitted together and shape said part of the housing and the grip sections are fitted together and shape the handgrip, said at least two cover sections also include a side cover section and a top cover section, each of the side cover sections shaping one of two sides of the housing, the top cover sections being fitted together and shaping the top of the housing,

the grip sections creating in the hand at least one hollow space, which leads to first and second inner openings in the cover sections,

the first and second inner openings connecting the at least one hollow space with an inner space of the housing, and

wherein first electronic devices are positioned in the area of the first and second inner openings and second electronic devices are arranged in the hollow space of the handgrip in front of outer openings.

2. The camera body according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the hollow spaces leads to at least one outer opening in the grip sections and that the outer opening connects the hollow space of the handgrip with surroundings of the housing.

3. A video system comprising a camera body according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2011
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: GVBB HOLDINGS S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 026028/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2006
From: SCHMIT, ERWIN; DUCHENNE, MILAN; BOS, NOORTJE
To: THOMSON LICENSING
Reel/Frame 018285/0295 →