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US 9,851,260 B2Granted
Sensor fixture
AssigneeTLV Co., Ltd.
InventorHideaki Yumoto
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Abstract
A sensor fixture 100 includes a clamp body 1, a sensor 9 threadedly coupled to a center portion of the clamp body 1, clamp arms 2 and 3 respectively attached to the left and right of the clamp body 1, protrusions 4 and 5 respectively provided to the clamp arms 2 and 3, and a fixing bolt 15 attached to lower end portions of the clamp arms 2 and 3. The sensor 9 can be easily and firmly fixed by supporting a sensor attaching part at three points with the sensor 9 attached to the clamp body 1, and the protrusions 4 and 5 of the left and right clamp arms 2 and 3.
Claims9
A sensor fixture to be attached to a sensor attaching part, comprising:
- a clamp body;
- two clamp arms;
- and
- a fixing bolt,
- wherein the clamp body includes a sensor fixing portion for fixing a sensor so that a tip end of the sensor contacts the sensor attaching part, and two pivot coupling parts for pivotably coupling the clamp arms to the clamp body at left and right positions with respect to the sensor fixing portion, respectively,
- wherein each of the two clamp arms includes a protrusion disposed on a half of the clamp arm opposite to the pivotable coupling between the clamp arm and the clamp body, the protrusions being configured to contact the sensor attaching part at laterally symmetrical positions when the two clamp arms pinch the sensor attaching part from the left and right,
- wherein the protrusions are positioned on the clamp arms such that the laterally symmetrical positions are located in a half of the sensor attaching part, viewed as a transverse cross section, which is opposite to another half of the sensor attaching part that includes a portion contacted by the tip end of the sensor,
- wherein the protrusions are positioned on the clamp arms such that the protrusions are separate from the sensor fixed to the sensor fixing portion, and
- wherein the fixing bolt includes a fastening part for coupling and fastening the two clamp arms below the protrusions.
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