Device and assembly for coupling an external optical component to a portable electronic device

摘要

An assembly for coupling an external optical component to a portable electronic device is disclosed. The assembly includes a portable electronic device case having two sidewalls extending from a rear wall, a camera opening extending through the rear wall, a rear groove on an outer surface of the rear wall, and a side groove on a sidewall. Also included is an optical component coupling configured to removably couple to the portable electronic device case. The optical component coupling includes a face plate, a side plate, a rear tongue positioned to engage with the rear groove, a side tongue positioned to engage with the side groove, an optical component mount positioned to align with the camera opening. The optical component comprises one of a spectrometer, a magnifying optical component, a light filter, a telescope, a night vision optical component, a spotting scope, and a bore scope.

主权项

1. An assembly for coupling an external optical component to an portable electronic device, comprising:
a portable electronic device case comprising a rear wall having an inner and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, two opposing sidewalls extending from the inner surface of the rear wall, a camera opening extending through the rear wall, at least one rear groove on the outer surface of the rear wall, and at least one side groove on a first sidewall of the two opposing sidewalls; and an optical component coupling configured to removably couple to the portable electronic device case, the optical component coupling comprising a face plate, a side plate coupled to the face plate, at least one rear tongue positioned on the face plate to engage with the at least one rear groove when the optical component coupling is coupled to the portable electronic device case, at least one side tongue positioned on the side plate to engage with the at least one side groove when the optical component coupling is coupled to the portable electronic device case, an optical component mount adjacent the face plate and positioned to align with the camera opening when the optical component coupling is coupled to the portable electronic device case, and a shoulder positioned on the optical component coupling to abut the portable electronic device case when the optical component mount is aligned with the camera opening.