Module for automatic tool exchange device

An automatic tool exchange device for which a first coupling member attached to one of either a robot main body side and a tool side and a second coupling member attached to another are coupled to each other with an ability to be separated, the device being equipped with a module for an automatic tool exchange device comprising:

• a first module provided detachably on the first coupling member;
• and a second module provided detachably on the second coupling member, for transmitting electrical signals between the first coupling member and the second coupling member by permitting transmission of electrical signals between this first module and second module, wherein a core member is combined with a coil member and a transmission surface including a magnetic path open surface formed by the core member is provided, and an electromagnetic shielding member is arranged on an outer circumference of the core member except for the transmission surface, and also, interposed between the core member and the electromagnetic shield member is a gap member having a lower electromagnetic shielding effect than the electromagnetic shielding member, constituting at least one coil head including the coil member, core member, and gap member, and meanwhile, using a pair of coil units constituted containing the coil head and the electromagnetic shielding member, by positioning the core member transmission surfaces facing opposite each other, constituted is an opposite facing type interface for performing transmission of electrical signals using an electromagnetic induction effect, and one of the coil units on the opposite facing type interface is attached to the first module and another is attached to the second module by which it is possible to transmit electrical signals between the first module and the second module.

A robot being equipped with an automatic tool exchange device for which a first coupling member attached to one of either a robot main body side and a tool side and a second coupling member attached to another are coupled to each other with an ability to be separated, the device being equipped with a module for an automatic tool exchange device comprising:

• a first module provided detachably on the first coupling member;
• and a second module provided detachably on the second coupling member, for transmitting electrical signals between the first coupling member and the second coil member by permitting transmission of electrical signals between this first module and second module, wherein a core member is combined with a coil member and a transmission surface including a magnetic path open surface formed by the core member is provided, and an electromagnetic shielding member is arranged on an outer circumference of the core member except for the transmission surface, and also, interposed between the core member and the electromagnetic shielding member is a gap member having a lower electromagnetic shielding effect than the electromagnetic shielding member, constituting at least one coil head including the coil member, core member, and gap member, and meanwhile, using a pair of coil units constituted containing the coil head and the electromagnetic shielding member, by positioning the core member transmission surfaces facing opposite each other, constituted is an opposite facing type interface for performing transmission of electrical signals using an electromagnetic induction effect, and one of the coil units on the opposite facing type interface is attached to the first module and another is attached to the second module by which it is possible to transmit electrical signals between the first module and the second module.