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US 7,195,124 B2Granted
Socket tray for automated torquing system
OwnerJoseph E. Queeninventor
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Abstract
A socket tray for use in torque control systems that includes proximity sensors that detect the presence or absence of sockets normally held in the socket tray without coming into direct contact with the sockets. The sockets are received and held in socket-receiving chambers that can have open or closed bottoms. The proximity sensors are positioned to detect the presence or absence of sockets in the socket-receiving chambers.
Claims13
A socket tray which comprises:
- a plurality of socket-receiving chambers;
- and
- a plurality of proximity sensors,
- each one of the plurality of proximity sensors being associated with a separate one of the plurality of socket-receiving chambers and positioned so as to sense the presence or absence of a socket positioned within the socket-receiving chambers without being directly contacted by sockets positioned within the socket-receiving chambers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.