Data acquisition device
AssigneeEmak S.P.A.
InventorsMarco Ferrari, Gianluca Barbolini
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Abstract
A data acquisition device (1,1′) for monitoring an operating parameter of a tool (5) provided with a motor is described, said device comprising: an electronic assembly (10) provided with a sensor (15) configured to wirelessly monitor a variable indicative of the operational parameter of the tool (5), a power supply battery (35) which powers the electronic assembly (10), and a casing (55,55′) defining a housing seat (60) of the electrical power supply battery (35) and which is provided with an opening (65) for inserting the electrical power supply battery (35) into the housing seat, wherein the opening (65) is sealed by a layer of polymeric material (100,105).
Claims8
A method comprising monitoring an operating parameter of a gardening tool provided with a motor, using a data acquisition device comprising:
- an electronic assembly provided with a sensor configured to contactlessly monitor a variable indicative of the operating parameter of the tool, wherein the operating parameter is at least one between whether the motor is on or off and the number of motor revolutions in the unit time,
- a single battery which is the only source of electrical power for the electronic assembly,
- a casing defining a housing seat of the power supply battery and which is provided with an opening for inserting the power supply battery into the housing seat,
- wherein the opening is sealed and entirely occluded by a non-removable layer of polymeric material in a manner that cannot be removed without damaging the device and holds the battery in place in the housing seat.
The method comprising monitoring an operating parameter of a tool provided with a motor, using a data acquisition device comprising:
- an electronic assembly provided with a sensor configured to wirelessly monitor a variable indicative of the tool operating parameter, wherein the operating parameter is at least one between whether the motor is on or off and the number of motor revolutions in the unit time,
- a single battery which is the only source of electrical power for the electronic assembly, and
- a casing of polymeric material shaped as a monolithic closed box body which closes and seals within it the battery in a housing seat defined by the closed box body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.