Mounting device for holding a sensor, and method for mounting and adjusting a sensor
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsTorsten Neuhaeuser, Manuel Krüger
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Abstract
To enable fine adjustment of a sensor in a mounting device, a mounting device is provided for holding the sensor in an operating position. The mounting device comprises a base body having a first through-hole, a holding member having a second through-hole. The sensor is held in these through-holes by displacement of the holding member versus the base body and shifting the through-holes out of alignment. The holding member comprises an adjustment element, in particular a thread, which engages with an outer surface of the sensor in such a way that, when the sensor is rotated about a sensor central axis, the adjustment element causes the sensor to move along the central axis.
Claims10
Mounting device (1) for holding a sensor (S) in an operating position, comprising:
- a base body (2) which has a first through-hole (2a) and can be fastened to a holder,
- at least one holding element (3), which has a second through-hole (3a) and is movably arranged in the base body (2) in such a way that the holding element (3) can be displaced between a first and second position and a holding position, the first and second through-hole (2a and 3a) being non-aligned with one another in the first position, in the second position the first and second through-holes (2a and 3a) are aligned with each other, and in the holding position the holding element (3) presses the sensor (S) provided in the first and second through-holes (2a and 3a) against the base body (2), characterized in that an adjusting element (4) being directed radially inwards is provided on the second through-hole (3a) and is in engagement with an outer surface (AF) of the sensor (S) in such a way that, when the holding member (3) is in an adjustment position located between the second position and the holding position, the sensor (S) is rotatable about a sensor center axis (SA) and when the sensor (S) is rotated, the adjustment member (4) causes the sensor (S) to move along the sensor center axis (SA).
A method for mounting and adjusting a sensor (S) in an operating position by means of a mounting device (1), comprising the steps of:
- moving a holding element (3) to a second position,
- inserting the sensor (S) into the mounting device (1) through first and second through-holes (2a and 3a),
- moving the holding element (3) to an adjustment position so that an adjustment element (4) is in engagement with a outer surface (AF) of the sensor (S),
- rotating the sensor (S) about a sensor center axis (SA) to fine-tune the sensor (S) in the operating position, and
- moving the holding element (3) into a holding position so that the holding element (3) presses the sensor (S) against a base body (2).
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