US 10,707,370 B2Granted

Photoelectric sensor

AssigneeOMRON Corporation

InventorsHiroyuki Mizusaki, Tsuyoshi Miyata, Makoto Sugimoto, Jumpei Nakamura, Tomohiro Tsuji

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Abstract

A photoelectric sensor capable of saving a space is provided. A photoelectric sensor includes a case body with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that accommodates at least one of a light projecting section and a light receiving section. The case body has a front surface that has a light projecting and receiving surface that allows at least one of light from the light projecting section and light to the light receiving section to pass therethrough and a rear surface that is located on a side opposite to the front surface, and a cable that accommodates cords that are connected to at least one of the light projecting section and the light receiving section via a control section is attached to the rear surface.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A photoelectric sensor that has at least one of a light projecting section that emits light to a front space and a light receiving section that receives light from a front zone, the photoelectric sensor comprising:

a case body with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that accommodates at least one of the light projecting section and the light receiving section,
wherein the case body comprising:
a front surface that has a light projecting and receiving surface that allows at least one of the light from the light projecting section and the light to the light receiving section to pass therethrough, and
a rear surface that is located on a side opposite to the front surface,
at least one of the light projecting section and the light receiving section is connected to a cord via a control section, and
a cable that accommodates the cord is attached to the rear surface,
wherein a plurality of attachment sections for securing the case body to an outside are provided on the rear surface, and the cable is attached between the attachment section that is located on an upper side on the rear surface and the attachment section that is located on a lower side on the rear surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/276,588Filed 14 Feb 2019
Priority: JP 2018-04793415 Mar 2018
Published: US 2019/0288154 A119 Sep 2019
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H10F 55/155
Wherein the radiation-sensitive devices and the electric light source are all semiconductor devices: formed in, or on, a common substrate
G01S 7/4813
Common to transmitter and receiver: housing arrangements
G01S 17/04
Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves: systems determining the presence of a target
G01V 8/12
Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers: using one transmitter and one receiver