IP Library Granted Patent US 12,379,064
Granted Patent B2
US 12,379,064 · App. 18/495,748 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Quick release device

Inventors: Jie Li (Guangdong, CN); Fan Xiao (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd.
F16M11/14G03B17/561F16M2200/022
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,379,064
App. No.
18/495,748
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A quick release device includes a tripod, a ball structure, a connecting screw securing to the ball structure, and a locking handle for locking and unlocking between the ball structure and the tripod. The locking handle includes a first cone locking handle, a screw structure with a second cone that is matched with the first cone locking handle. The screw structure includes a first screw and a second screw, where the first screw and the second screw are on opposite sides of the screw structure cooperating with each other to form a threaded hole structure. An outer wall of the screw structure is provided with an inclined chute, and the first cone locking handle is secured with a screw guide extending into the chute. The first cone locking handle is also connected to a pressing structure.

Claims (26)

1. A quick release device comprising:

a tripod ( 1 );

a ball structure ( 2 ) placed on the tripod ( 1 );

a connecting screw ( 3 ) secured on the ball structure ( 2 ), and

a locking handle for realizing locking and unlocking between the ball structure ( 2 ) and the tripod ( 1 ), wherein the locking handle comprises:

an interior with a holding cavity and an inner wall, and a top having an opening for the connecting screw ( 3 ) to extend into the holding cavity;

wherein the inner wall of the locking handle ( 4 ) comprises a first cone ( 411 );

a screw block structure ( 5 ) is disposed in the holding cavity and comprises a second cone ( 54 ) that is compatible with the first cone ( 411 );

wherein the screw block structure ( 5 ) comprises a first screw block ( 51 ) and a second screw block ( 52 ), wherein the first screw block ( 51 ) comprises a first thread structure ( 511 ) on one side facing the second screw block ( 52 ), wherein the second screw block ( 52 ) comprises a second thread structure ( 512 ) on the side facing the first screw block ( 51 ), wherein the first thread structure ( 511 ) and the second thread structure ( 512 ) cooperate with each other to form a threaded hole structure that is mated with threads of the connecting screw ( 3 );

wherein the first screw block ( 51 ) and the second screw block ( 52 ) comprise at least one chute ( 53 ), and an extension direction of the chute ( 53 ) is tilted relative to an axis direction of the threaded hole structure;

a screw guide ( 6 ), secured and connected to the locking handle ( 4 ) and extended into the at least one chute ( 53 );

a pressing structure ( 7 ), attached to the locking handle ( 4 ), for driving the screw structure ( 5 ) to move in a direction of an axis of the connecting screw ( 3 ) away from the ball structure ( 2 ) and to move the first screw block ( 51 ) and the second screw block ( 52 ) away from each other due to the screw guide ( 6 ); and

an elastic member ( 8 ) is disposed on one side of the screw block structure ( 5 ) facing away from the ball structure ( 2 ), wherein an elastic force thereof drives the screw block structure ( 5 ) to move along the axial direction of the connecting screw ( 3 ) in the direction close to the ball structure ( 2 ).

2. The quick release device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one chute ( 53 ) is disposed in the first screw block ( 51 ) and the at least one chute ( 53 ) is disposed in the second screw block ( 52 ), and wherein the at least one chute ( 53 ) accommodates the screw guide ( 6 ).

3. The quick release device according to claim 2 , wherein two openings of the at least one chute ( 53 ) disposed in the first screw block ( 51 ) are dislocated in a vertical direction of the first screw block ( 51 ), and two openings of the at least one chute ( 53 ) disposed in the second screw block ( 52 ) are dislocated in a vertical direction of the second screw block ( 52 ).

4. The quick release device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one chute ( 53 ) on the first screw block ( 51 ) and the at least one chute ( 53 ) on the second screw block ( 52 ) are symmetrically disposed on the screw block structure ( 5 ).

5. The quick release device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking handle ( 4 ) comprises a locking seat ( 41 ) and a seat ( 42 ) disposed above the locking seat ( 41 ), wherein the holding cavity is located in the locking seat ( 41 ), the first cone ( 411 ) is disposed on the inner wall corresponding to the holding cavity, and the seat ( 42 ) has a matching outer wall of the tripod ( 1 ) to make the seat ( 42 ) and the tripod ( 1 ) maintains a relatively stationary contact surface.

6. The quick release device according to claim 5 , wherein a bottom portion of the locking seat ( 41 ) is connected to a bottom cover ( 43 ), wherein the screw block structure ( 5 ) comprises a top block ( 9 ), and the elastic member ( 8 ) is disposed between the bottom cover ( 43 ) and the top block ( 9 ).

7. The quick release device according to claim 5 , wherein the first screw block ( 51 ) comprises a first bevel and the second screw block ( 52 ) comprises a second bevel, and the first bevel and the second bevel are on a first oblique guide plane ( 55 ).

8. The quick release device according to claim 7 , wherein the limit block ( 44 ) is connected to a screw guide sleeve ( 45 ), and an upper part of the limit block ( 44 ) comprises a bearing ( 46 ) disposed on an outer circumference of the screw guide sleeve ( 45 ), and the seat ( 42 ) is movable by a relative rotation of the bearing ( 46 ) toward the limit block ( 44 ).

9. The quick release device according to claim 8 , wherein the seat ( 42 ) comprises an extension wall ( 421 ) set around the outer circumference of the screw guide sleeve ( 45 ), wherein the bearing ( 46 ) is located between the extension wall ( 421 ) and the limit block ( 44 ); the outer circumference of the screw guide sleeve ( 45 ) is connected to a limiting ring ( 47 ), and the limiting ring ( 47 ) is limited by the extension wall ( 421 ) facing away from the bearing ( 46 ).

10. The quick release device according to claim 5 , wherein the tripod ( 1 ) comprise an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall comprises a first curvature ( 101 ) and the outer wall comprises a second curvature ( 102 ), the first curvature ( 101 ) and the second curvature ( 102 ) are centrally disposed, wherein the outer wall of the ball structure ( 2 ) comprises a third curvature ( 201 ) matching the first curvature ( 101 ), and the ball structure ( 2 ) is configured to abut the first curvature ( 101 ) via the third curvature ( 201 ), and the seat ( 42 ) comprises a fourth curvature ( 420 ) matching the second curvature ( 102 ), and the seat ( 42 ) is configured to rotate about the fourth curvature ( 420 ) via the second curvature ( 102 ).

11. The quick release device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing structure ( 7 ) comprises a button ( 71 ) movably connected to a side wall of the locking handle ( 4 ), wherein the button ( 71 ) extends into the locking handle ( 4 ).

12. The quick release device according to claim 5 , wherein the pressing structure ( 7 ) comprises a slide ( 72 ) having a second oblique guide ( 721 ) mated with the first oblique guide surface ( 55 ), wherein the locking seat ( 41 ) is connected to a limit block ( 44 ) on one side of the slide ( 72 ) opposite to the screw structure ( 5 ).

13. The quick release device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one chute ( 53 ) on the first screw block ( 51 ) and the at least one chute ( 53 ) on the second screw block ( 52 ) are symmetrically disposed on the screw block structure ( 5 ).

14. The quick release device according to claim 6 , wherein the first screw block ( 51 ) comprises a first bevel and the second screw block ( 52 ) comprises a second bevel, and the first bevel and the second bevel are on a first oblique guide plane ( 55 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2024
From: LI, JIE; XIAO, FAN
To: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069114/0821 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202211322131.2 · Oct 26, 2022 · national
CN 202222834108.3 · Oct 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240142044A1 · May 2, 2024
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