Patent ID: 8305439

Claim:
A surveillance camera comprising: a rotatable housing; a device supported by the rotatable housing that captures video signals; a laser transmitter supported by the rotatable housing that receives the video signals from the device and that converts the video signals to optical signals; a first component of a protective material having a cylindrical shape disposed in an aperture of the rotatable housing, the first component including a first aperture where the first component and first aperture are coaxial with an axis of rotation of the rotatable housing; a stationary housing; a second component of a protective material having a cylindrical shape disposed within an aperture of the stationary housing, the second component including a second aperture, wherein one of the first and second components is recessed into the corresponding aperture of the rotatable and stationary housings and the other of the first and second components has a portion that projects from the corresponding aperture of the rotatable and stationary housings wherein the corresponding aperture with the recessed component provides a receptacle that engages the projecting portion of the other component such that the first component rotates relative to the second component; a first optical fiber that extends through the first aperture of the first component; and a second optical fiber that extends through the second aperture of the second component, the first optical fiber separated from the second optical fiber by a gap within the receptacle, the first optical fiber operatively connected to the device, the first optical fiber receiving the optical signals and transmitting the optical signals to the second optical fiber across the gap to permit a continuous rotation of the first component relative to the second component with the second optical component communicating the optical signals to a destination.