Patent ID: 8886046
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A42B,F16M,H04B,H05K

Abstract:
1. Mounting hardware for a visualization system, the mounting hardware configured to engage with a helmet mount to secure the mounting hardware to a helmet and adjustably position the visualization system in front of an eye of a user wearing the helmet, the mounting hardware comprising: a mounting plate configured to abut the helmet mount when engaged with the helmet mount; an optical connector comprising a cavity in the mounting plate and a transparent window within the cavity; a fiber optic cable at least partially contained within the mounting plate, the fiber optic cable having an end that is adjacent to the transparent window in the cavity of the optical connector such that an optical signal transmitted through the fiber optic cable passes through the transparent window; an electrical connector on an exterior surface of the mounting plate; and an electrical cable at least partially contained within the mounting plate, the electrical cable electrically coupled to the electrical connector, wherein, when engaged with the helmet mount, the optical connector is aligned with a corresponding optical connector on the helmet mount and the electrical connector is aligned with a corresponding electrical connector on the helmet mount, and wherein the fiber optic cable has a first cross-section at a first distance from the optical connector and a second cross-section at a second distance from the optical connector, the second distance being closer to the optical connector than the first distance and the second cross-section being smaller than the first cross-section.